Italian president gauges support for Prodi
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Saturday called for closer cooperation between Italian port cities and Shanghai.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi looks on as he handles documents during a meeting with Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in Rome's Palazzo Chigi premier office, Wednesday Feb.Comment
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Romano Prodi's political future hung in the balance Saturday as Italy waited to learn whether President Giorgio Napolitano will invite him to stay on as prime minister.
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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's Romano Prodi is scrambling for  support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must  win to stay on as prime minister.
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ROME - Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must win to stay on as prime minister.Prodi resigned last week after suffering an ...Comment
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Wednesday he had asked Senate head Franco Marini to see if there is enough support for a transitional government to push through electoral law reform.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi made a final plea for Italy's parliament to back his government on Thursday in a confidence vote he looked set to lose, saying the economy could not bear more political uncertainty.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi expressed his country's support Saturday for Lebanon's pro-Western Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who has been pressured to resign by hundreds of thousands of Hizbullah supporters ...Comment
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Italy's president said Tuesday he needed more time to decide his next step after conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi demanded early elections following the premier's resignation last week.
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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his  arch-political foe Romano Prodi crossed swords on Saturday,  taking stabs at each other from rival rallies that offered  Italians their visions of the future.
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ROME - 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 ...Comment
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Italy's PM Romano Prodi will face a vote of confidence in his coalition in the Senate on Wednesday.
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The Italian president began talks with political leaders Thursday to discuss forming a new government after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old administration.Comment
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Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who has resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government.
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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.