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Swiss university's academic award to Mussolini will not be revoked

FILE PHOTO: King Victor Emanuel III, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini watch fascist troops march in central Rome in 1941 television file footage. Image via REUTERS

An honorary doctorate awarded by a Swiss university to former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini will not be revoked despite being a "serious mistake," a commission into the affair said.

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) honoured the fascist leader in 1937 for "having conceived and realized in his homeland a social organization .... that will leave a deep mark on history."

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