Italy leader 'to call snap polls'
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano  is to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, reports say, paving the way for early elections.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who faces almost certain defeat if the opposition-controlled Senate holds a vote of confidence in his government, will meet President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday before deciding whether to resign instead, media reports said.
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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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Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is expected to call a snap general election to be held next month, senior government officials said on Wednesday.
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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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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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The Italian president began talks with political leaders Thursday to discuss the formation of a new government after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old administration.Comment
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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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Italy's opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi may once again seize power in new elections, Christian Fraser writes.
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The Italian president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and face a new vote of confidence in parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the government's resignation ...Comment
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Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to determine whether Romano Prodi, who resigned after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed prime minister or must be replaced.
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The Italian Parliament is expected to be dissolved, with national elections scheduled in  April
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will decide on Saturday on the government's future in a crisis sparked by the surprise resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.Comment
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Italy's president is to meet the parliament's speakers in what is seen as a first step towards early polls.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi will call a confidence in the lower house of parliament to test support for his administration after an ally deserted his centre-left coalition, a party leader said on Tuesday.
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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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Controversial tycoon demands snap elections after the squabbles that brought down Prodi - and proposes a 'very British' 10-point plan