Italian Museum Director Requests Asylum in Germany

"An Italian museum director told AFP he is asking for asylum in Germany, saying he is fed up with mafia threats and a government that is failing to protect Italy's rich cultural heritage." The would-be refugee is Antonio Manfredi, director of the Contemporary Art Museum in Casoria, near Naples.

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