Italian ex-minister in poll call
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Italy's ex-justice minister confirms he will not rejoin the governing coalition and calls for early elections.
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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 is to hold talks with political leaders after PM Romano Prodi's resignation.
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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 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 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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Silvio Berlusconi, a veteran of Italian politics, says he will not be prime minister again.
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ROME - Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or ...Comment
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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 ex-justice minister Clemente Mastella on Thursday pulled his small party out of the ruling centre-left coalition, putting Prime Minister Romano Prodi's political future on the line.
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He was addressing a conference in Rome about a proposed reform of Italy's constitution, one of the main pieces of legislation the government of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, wants to pass before the ...
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Il governo ha posto alla Camera la questione di fiducia sul decreto fiscale. Lo ha annunciato in aula il ministro per i Rapporti con il Parlamento Carlo Giovanardi. Il voto sul decreto fiscale Ã¨ previsto
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi submitted his centre-left government to what may be its final test by asking parliament on Tuesday for a confidence vote after the defection of an ally pushed it to the brink of collapse.
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Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano  summoned the presidents of both chambers of parliament to his  office on Tuesday, an official statement said, a sign he was  about to dissolve parliament and call a snap election.
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Italy's Premier Romano Prodi sought support for his teetering government in Parliament on Tuesday and said he would ask for votes of confidence in both chambers after a coalition ally withdrew support.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi went into crisis talks over the future of his government Wednesday after it failed to secure a parliamentary vote of support for its foreign policy.