France-Italy spat threatens to boil over
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After months of simmering tensions between Rome and Paris, the battle for the soul of Europe just got a lot uglier. On Thursday, France recalled its ambassador to Rome for the first time since 1940, when fascist leader Benito Mussolini declared war. This time the French foreign ministry blamed a war of words -- "the repeated accusations, baseless attacks and outlandish claims" of Italy's populist government.