Italy set for early election, Berlusconi ahead
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Italy will hold an election by mid-April which could return media magnate Silvio Berlusconi to power after political parties failed to agree on an interim government.
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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 opposition leader Silvio  Berlusconi said on Monday he would not support efforts to form  an interim government to overhaul voting rules, making a snap  election appear inevitable.
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Romano Prodi looks set to win a Senate confidence vote on Wednesday to stay as Italy's prime minister after rallying fractious allies behind him to end a political crisis triggered by his resignation a week ago.
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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calls for early elections to end the country's political crisis.
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Elezioni legislative anticipate il 30 settembre
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi decided Thursday to go ahead with a vote of confidence before the Senate, the ANSA news agency reported after the embattled centre-left leader met for a second time with President Giorgio Napolitano.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will brave a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday despite expectations that he will lose and be forced to resign.
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The Italian Parliament is expected to be dissolved, with national elections scheduled in  April
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Luca Bruno -- AP Photo Italian Premier Romano Prodi gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting in Milan, Italy, in this Monday, Nov.Comment
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Italy is awaiting the verdict in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. In this guide we examine what is at stake.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he hoped incumbent President Bush would win the Nov. 2 election against his Democratic rival John Kerry.
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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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Poland's prime minister Tuesday told the nation the most suitable date for early parliamentary elections would be Oct. via UPI
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LISBON, Dec 1  Portugal appeared headed for early elections today after the president said he had lost confidence in the 4-month-old government of Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes.
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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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Millions of workers across Italy are expected to take part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.