He was set to win in the northern region of Lombardy, as well as the central region of Campania and Sicily.

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Meanwhile other Greek cities had established colonies around the western shores of the Mediterranean, the densest region of settlement being in southern Italy and Sicily, which became known as Magna Graecia, or Great Greece.

WSJ: 'Aladdin's Lamp'

The region of Campania is one of the critical regions, after Lombardy and Sicily, in determining how parties fare in the Senate.

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Most notably, local permit delays have spurred Shell to abandon an Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Sicily after seven years of permit delays and BG to threaten to withdraw from a similar effort in the southern region of Puglia after 11 years of waiting.

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Just as in The Godfather, where New York alternates with Sicily, so in Nation the immigrant life in Alaska and California parallels the farmer's lot in the Ilocos region.

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