Italy PM Prodi in showdown with hostile Senate
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Thursday he would take his case to the Senate as he struggles against increasing odds to save his centre-left government from collapse, the ANSA news agency reported.
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Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead the government, leaving acting Prime Minister Romano Prodi in suspense over whether he will be asked to return to power or sent into political retirement.
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Italian PM Romano Prodi wins a vote of confidence in parliament but his coalition looks set to fall in the Senate.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi holds crisis talks as the departure of an ally threatens his governing coalition.
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One year after taking office, Italy&#39;s  Prime Minister Romano Prodi faced his first major electoral  test on Sunday against a backdrop of falling popularity ratings  and disenchantment with his government.
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister on Saturday, but he now faces a confidence vote in parliament to prove he has enough support to govern.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi bowed to opposition pressure on Sunday and agreed to have his government face parliamentary questioning over a clash with Telecom Italia that forced the chairman to resign.
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Italy's Premier Romano Prodi sought support for his teetering government in Parliament on Tuesday and said he would ask for votes of confidence in both chambers after a coalition ally withdrew support.
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The Italian Senate prepares to hold a vote of confidence in Romano Prodi's nine-month-old government.
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Romano Prodi, given a second chance to prove that he can govern Italy, scrambled for support on Sunday ahead of a vote of confidence this week that he must win to stay on as prime minister.
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Italy's centre-right opposition demanded  on Friday that Prime Minister Romano Prodi resign after his  coalition suffered a setback in a parliamentary vote over a  U.S. airbase in Italy, but Prodi shrugged off the call.
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on and face a confidence vote in parliament, as leaders in the center-left majority courted outside senators in a frantic effort to ensure the ...Comment
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ROME, Feb 22 (IPS) - The Italian government is in crisis after it failed   to win a vote Wednesday on its foreign policy programme.  Although the  ruling centre-left coalition held only a very  slight majority in the  Senate, the defeat of the motion came as  a major surprise to Prime  Minister Romano Prodi.
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Rome- Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was due to address the Senate later on Tuesday ahead of a do-or-die vote of confidence taking place in parliament's upper house on Wednesday.Comment
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The Italian government on Wednesday sped  up parliamentary approval of a law that could overturn the  corruption convictions of a close friend of Prime Minister  Silvio Berlusconi, sparking fury among opposition politicians.
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Premier Romano Prodi sought to win over senators Tuesday in a speech meant to woo both Catholics and communists in his fractious coalition, a day before a confidence vote that will decide the survival of Italy's 61st postwar government.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi takes legal action over what he called damaging allegations made against him.