Prodi wins key lower house vote
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Mr Prodi still has a tough job to keep his coalition together Italian PM Romano Prodi has easily won a confidence vote in the lower house, keeping his centre-left coalition in power after a week-long crisis.Comment
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ROME, Feb. 21 -- After just nine months at the helm of a shaky government, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi handed in his resignation Wednesday when he lost a critical parliamentary vote over the government's foreign policy.
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Italian PM Romano Prodi wins a vote of confidence in parliament but his coalition looks set to fall in the Senate.
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Romano Prodi's victory in a confidence  vote has given his center-left government a lease of life but  Italy appeared unconvinced on Thursday he can remain prime  minister long enough to deliver promised reforms.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi kept his fractious center-left coalition together to win a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, ensuring the immediate survival of his nine-month-old government.Comment
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament took its first step yesterday toward adopting President Vladimir Putin&#39;s overhaul of the country&#39;s political system, despite signs of popular
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, allowing him to stay on in office.
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The House passed a $37.4 billion budget bill for the Homeland Security Department on Friday, but minority Republicans rallied enough votes to uphold a promised veto by President Bush.
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Early results for Italian local elections  in which 10 million people were eligible to vote put the  centre-right opposition ahead on Monday, but Romano Prodi&#39;s  left-leaning government appeared to have avoided a drubbing.
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Italy's Romano Prodi was expected on Wednesday to win the backing of the upper house to remain as prime minister but an opinion poll suggested that his grip on power would remain tenuous.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of Parliament voted overwhelmingly today to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, clearing another hurdle for the international treaty aimed at reducing emissions blamed for global warming.
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Parties in Italy's coalition government reach a deal allowing Romano Prodi to continue as prime minister.
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy&#39;s prime minister, was on Friday cleared of corruption charges by a Milan court in a verdict that boosted his political fortunes as the country moves closer to national elections.
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Premier Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in parliament's lower house Wednesday night, but his chances for success in the upper house appeared to worsen as more allies defected amid growing pressure on the center-left leader to resign.
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Leaders of Italy's center-left coalition have agreed to support Romano Prodi's bid to stay on as prime minister, backing him on a 12-point political program, Prodi's spokesman said on Thursday.
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Romano Prodi's victory in a confidence vote has given his center-left government a lease of life but Italy appeared unconvinced on Thursday he can remain prime minister long enough to deliver promised reforms.