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Italian deputies have re-elected Sergio Mattarella as president, ending a week of quarrelling between the nation’s political parties. In the eighth round of voting, Mattarella got the required absolute majority of at least 505 votes from lawmakers and regional representatives, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Robert Fico, announced. It had been unclear in previous days whether the 80-year-old head of state would stand for a second seven-year term. He had initially pushed back against the idea. But after the seventh round on voting earlier on Saturday delivered another inconclusive res…