A special Italian Air Force flight
carrying 87 people from Niamey after last week's military coup
in Niger landed at Rome's Ciampino airport on Wednesday.
The Boeing 767 flight laid on by the Italian government had on
board 36 Italians, 21 Americans, four Bulgarians, two Austrians,
a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a Hungarian and a Senegalese national.
They were welcomed to the Italian capital by Deputy Premier and
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
"We are satisfied because we have managed to bring back to Italy
all our compatriots who had asked to return," Tajani said.
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