Italian PM quits in rift over U.S. ties
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Wednesday offered his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano after losing, by two votes, a major foreign policy vote in the upper house of Parliament, the Italian presidential palace said.
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Under attack for calling homosexuality sinful, Italian cabinet minister and papal confidant Rocco Buttiglione said Saturday that he was abandoning efforts to become the
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has stepped down as president of AC Milan to comply with a new law on conflicts of interest, the Serie A club said on Tuesday.
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Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister three days ago, was summoned to meet the Italian president on Saturday, after his center-left allies renewed their support in his government.Comment
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The Tanzanian prime minister has resigned over a corruption scandal involving a contract between his office and a U.S.-based firm, he said on Thursday.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday rejected Romano Prodi's resignation earlier this week from the post of the country's prime minister, a move designed to end the country's political upheaval.
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Macedonia&#39;s prime minister Hari Kostov resigned Monday over disagreements with ethnic Albanian coalition partners, setting off a government crisis in the Balkan state where ethnic tensions run high.
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President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks on Friday to resolve Italy's political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation and the end of his centre-left government.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi on  Thursday dismissed a call by disaffected centrists in his  coalition to resign and said he would only go if parliament  forces him out.
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"I will not negotiate, I will not discuss. It's over."  A key ally of Premier Romano Prodi pulled his party from the Cabinet on Monday amid a corruption scandal, sending the center-left governing coalition scrambling to keep the administration from falling.Prodi, who presided at strategy talks Monday night, planned to address Parliament about the crisis Tuesday. Taking a break from the talks, a senator in Prodi's coalition hinted to reporters that the premier could call for a confidence vote by lawmakers.Prodi 'will put the crisis in the hands of Parliament,' said Sen. Roberto Manzione. Read more
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President Giorgio Napolitano embarked Friday on a mission to resolve Italy's political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation ended his centre-left government.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as president of Serie A champions AC Milan. Berlusconi has been forced to step down due to legislation passed in July which prevents him running private businesses while in office.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi  resigned on Thursday after his centre-left government lost a  confidence vote in the Senate, prompting opposition leader  Silvio Berlusconi to demand immediate elections.
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Italy's president accepted Prime Minister  Romano Prodi's resignation on Wednesday following the  government's defeat in a Senate vote on foreign policy.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigned Thursday after losing a risky Senate confidence motion that obliged him to end his 20-month-old government
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The Italian president consulted with political leaders Friday in talks on the formation of a new government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old Cabinet.
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Premier Romano Prodi resigned on Wednesday after an embarrassing loss in the Italian Senate on foreign policy.Comment