Heart scare won't stop Berlusconi in politics: aides
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi was given a clean bill of health on Tuesday after fainting at a rally this weekend, and the ex-prime minister planned to get straight back into the political fray after his discharge due on Wednesday.
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Silvio Berlusconi's mother died on Sunday,  aged 97, news agencies reported, depriving the Italian tycoon  of a doting matriarch and a valuable political asset as he  faces a possible chance for re-election to lead the country.
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THE fate of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon, hung in the balance last night as Italy waited to hear whether judges in Milan would convict him on corruption charges.
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Italy's opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi may once again seize power in new elections, Christian Fraser writes.
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Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi hit the campaign trail Friday without waiting to find out if the country faces early elections as a result of Premier Romano Prodi's resignation, which followed a humiliating defeat in a Senate vote.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi, an important ally for President Bush in Iraq, was acquitted of corruption charges that have dogged his government from the start. The verdict was a boost to the conservative leader ahead of 2006 elections. Berlusconi, 68, has long insisted he was the victim of left-wing prosecutors.
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Mr Prodi still has a tough job to keep his coalition together Italian PM Romano Prodi has easily won a confidence vote in the lower house, keeping his centre-left coalition in power after a week-long crisis.Comment
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Romano Prodi's center-left government has a new lease on life. But if the past nine months are any indication, his allies will not make it easy for him.
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"I will not negotiate, I will not discuss. It's over."  A key ally of Premier Romano Prodi pulled his party from the Cabinet on Monday amid a corruption scandal, sending the center-left governing coalition scrambling to keep the administration from falling.Prodi, who presided at strategy talks Monday night, planned to address Parliament about the crisis Tuesday. Taking a break from the talks, a senator in Prodi's coalition hinted to reporters that the premier could call for a confidence vote by lawmakers.Prodi 'will put the crisis in the hands of Parliament,' said Sen. Roberto Manzione. Read more
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi underwent more  hospital checks on Tuesday after fainting at a rally this  weekend, but the ex-prime minister planned to get straight back  into the political fray after his discharge due on Wednesday.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is determined to keep up Italy&#39;s efforts in Iraq despite the execution of an Italian hostage.
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Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was taken ill at a podium during an emotional speech to political supporters in northern Italy Sunday, and aides rushed to keep him from falling over.Comment
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Once best known for his brash conservatism, Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi is wrapping up a summer that put him in the news more for his exploits as a party animal &#151; and raised doubts over his political future.
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Silvio Berlusconi's mother died on Sunday, aged 97, news agencies reported, depriving the Italian tycoon of a doting matriarch and a valuable political asset as he faces a possible chance for re-election to lead the country.
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because Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had not bowed to demands to withdraw Italian troops from Iraq. were &quot;unreliable&quot; and was treating them with &quot;total suspicion&quot;.
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Italy's president gave Romano Prodi another shot Saturday, asking him to remain as premier and face a confidence vote in parliament, while Prodi supporters courted outside senators in a frantic effort to end ...Comment
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Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has undergone successful heart surgery in an American hospital, his party said on Monday.Comment