Italian political crisis enters decisive week
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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.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is to begin crisis talks after the resignation of PM Romano Prodi.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano began crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday in the wake of Prime Minister Romano Prodi's shock resignation because of a foreign policy defeat in the Senate.
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By Stephen Brown and Silvia Aloisi Rome - Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned after only nine months in power after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to ...Comment
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Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned after only nine months in power after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed as prime minister or must be replaced.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who resigned over a foreign policy defeat last week only to be reappointed a few days later, will fight for his government's survival as he faces a confidence vote this week.
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Italy's president was due to dissolve parliament on Wednesday ahead of snap elections, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
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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 sent into political retirement.
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Italian football will resume, a week after a policeman was killed, but many stadiums remain closed.
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Key players in the political crisis meet for the first time since the elections as mass demonstrations continue.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's power is at risk after parties threaten to quit the governing coalition.
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Italian Senate speaker Franco Marini, given the onerous task of building a team capable of carrying out electoral reforms and avoiding immediate polls, resumed crisis talks Friday with political leaders.
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Italy's president consulted with minor parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis, with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an interim government to enact reforms.
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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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The Italian President is to announce his decision on whether Romano Prodi should be reinstated as Prime Minister after a Senate rebellion forced his shock resignation.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.