ROME: Italians began voting in local elections on Sunday that will test political parties three months from a general election that left no clear winner and a month after the start of a fragile coalition Cabinet.

The focus is on the Italian capital Rome where incumbent right-wing Mayor Gianni Alemanno is running virtually neck-and-neck in the most recent opinion polls with leftist challenger Ignazio Marino.

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