BBC: A far-right Italian party is offering 1,500 euros ($1,900) to parents who name their children after the fascist dictator Mussolini or his wife.
The small Movimento Sociale-Fiamma Tricolore (MS-FT) party denies its gesture is racist and says the names Benito and Rachele are merely "nice".
The party also wants parents to buy cribs, clothes and food with the money.
The cash incentive is available in five areas of southern Italy and is designed to help the region's low birth rate. >>> By Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, Rome | November 24, 2008
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