By Nick Squires, Rome
The director of a national park in Sicily narrowly escaped with his life after an audacious assassination attempt by the mafia.
Running a protected wilderness area may be a benign occupation in most European countries, but Giuseppe Antoci, the head of the Nebrodi national park, has in the last two years received threats from Cosa Nostra for his attempts to clamp down on illegal activities within the mountainous
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