Italian elections set for April 13-14
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Italians will go to the polls on April 13 and 14, officials announced Wednesday, heralding a probable return to power by conservative media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.
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Opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi called  for immediate elections at a meeting with the Italian president  on Tuesday, seeking a return to power after the collapse of the  centre-left government last week.
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"I think Italy does not need any government of national unity but a government that will get down to work immediately after Italians vote"  By Philip PullellaROME  - Italy's government crisis enters a decisive week with a snap election and a return to power of Silvio Berlusconi's centre right looking ever more likely.President Giorgio Napolitano granted himself a day of reflection on Sunday, planning to resume consultations with political leaders on Monday and end them on Tuesday evening.Napolitano, an 82-year-old former communist, must decide whether to dissolve parliament and call an election for the spring or mandate someone to first try to form an interim government to enact electoral reforms. Read more
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Italy's opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi demands elections, jeopardising efforts to form an interim government.
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The Italian government's public offer of shares in electricity company ENEL will run from October 18-22, the economy and finance ministry said.
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Italy's president will hold crisis talks  with political leaders on Friday to see whether he can avoid  calling snap elections after a no confidence vote forced Prime  Minister Romano Prodi's government to resign.
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CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister John Howard will unveil plans on Sunday for an October 9 election, local newspapers reported.
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Italy's municipal elections give a boost to Romano Prodi's centre-left bloc after tight national polls.
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Italy's president dissolved parliament on  Wednesday and the caretaker government prepared to call a snap  election, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to  power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
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Si sono aperti alle 8 questa mattina i seggi elettorali per le votazioni in occasione delle elezioni suppletive della Camera dei Deputati per sette collegi; gli elettori chiamati alle urne sono 739.809. Si
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Italy's centre-right opposition made solid gains in local polls but Prime Minister Romano Prodi avoided a drubbing in his first major electoral test a year after taking office, according to provisional results on Monday.
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Si terranno domenica e lunedÃ¬ le elezioni suppletive della Camera dei deputati in sette collegi uninominali. Saranno 739.809 i cittadini chiamati alle urne, divisi in 880 sezioni elettorali. In sei collegi
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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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The Italian government said Wednesday it would decide by mid-January which of two contenders should take over Italy's ailing flag carrier Alitalia -- European giant Air France-KLM or Italy's Air One.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano  formally dissolved parliament on Wednesday, a spokesman said,  putting the country on the road to a snap election that will  most likely be held in mid-April.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's four-year corruption trial is expected to draw to a close on Friday.
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&quot;The Electoral Commission set the date of January 30 as the date of the election,&quot; spokesman Farid Ayar told Reuters on Sunday.