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Reggio Calabria has really cleaned house: The entire government—meaning the mayor and all 30 council members—have been fired in the southern Italy city after some were suspected of having mafia ties. Officials say that's a first for a provincial capital, although smaller cities have seen the same situation, the BBC reports. The 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, now believed to be bigger than the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, has long been suspected of exerting influence over the council. Now three commissioners will run the city until elections are held in 18 months.
