Italy's left looks beyond Prodi
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Looking beyond troubled Premier Romano Prodi, the Italian left is gambling that a mayor who loves the Kennedys, writes novels and campaigns to end poverty in Africa is the right man to boost its fortunes.
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Italy's center-left leaders have agreed to back Romano Prodi's bid to stay on as prime minister, boosting his chances of ending a crisis that risks plunging the country into political paralysis.
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Italy&#39;s big three unions have staged a nationwide strike to protest against the government&#39;s economic policies, in a show of strength the left said was the start of a campaign to unseat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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ROME, Sep 8  (IPS) - Without being exactly encouraging, the Italian  peace movement had been sympathetic  towards the resistance in  Iraq. Not any more.
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Italy's president consulted with minor parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis, with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an interim government to enact reforms.
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Italy's president met party leaders on Friday to see whether Romano Prodi can stay on as prime minister and guarantee a stable centre-left government to end the country's political crisis.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (IPS) - The right-wing government of Italian Prime Minister  Silvio Berlusconi has angrily denied charges of racism against  its coalition partners, accusations made in a U.N. report on  xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia released here.
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Romano Prodi's victory in a confidence vote has given his center-left government a lease of life but Italy appeared unconvinced on Thursday he can remain prime minister long enough to deliver promised reforms.
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Italy's president consulted with minor  parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis,  with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an  interim government to enact reforms.
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The Italian government has named right-wing leader and Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini as its new foreign minister. A former Neo-Fascist, Fini has managed to remodel his image into that of a moderate conservative.
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Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead Italy's government after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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Italy should not dismiss the idea of  having its own nuclear power stations, Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi said on Thursday, indicating a possible move away  from Italy's traditional anti-nuclear stance.
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For all of Italyâs outside adoration, the country finds itself in an economic, political and social funk.
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Silvio Berlusconi and his allies moved their battle to regain power in Italy on to new ground after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi and the collapse of his centre-left government
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Italian political commentators said the breakdown of Monday's negotiations, though not wholly surprising, augured badly for the centre-left's efforts to defeat Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, and his ...
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's power is at risk after parties threaten to quit the governing coalition.
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Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, is said to have once told Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart: &quot;Remember, Tayyip, you&#39;re no longer the mayor of Istanbul.