Italy PM in cabinet crisis talks
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi holds crisis talks as the departure of an ally threatens his governing coalition.
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Italy's government looked on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after an ally of Prime Minister Romano Prodi deserted the centre-left coalition, depriving him of a parliamentary majority.
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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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President Giorgio Napolitano wrapped up Tuesday days of consultations with Italy's political leaders aimed at ending the uncertainty following Romano Prodi's resignation as prime minister.
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Italy's president held crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi could still head a government or must be replaced after resigning as prime minister after only nine months in power.Comment
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Romano Prodi, Italy's prime minister, on Monday sought to calm growing unrest in trade unions and on the left wing of his ruling coalition over plans for budget cuts and pension reform.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano went into crisis talks with political leaders Thursday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi because of a foreign policy defeat in the Senate.
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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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Italy's president called Senate speaker Franco Marini to a meeting on Wednesday, fuelling speculation that the second highest-ranking official in the country could be asked to head an interim government.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin met ministers for a crisis meeting on two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Monday as efforts to secure their release threatened to turn into a fiasco.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi meets with his economics minister and top advisers from the center-right coalition Monday to discuss measures to balance the 2007 budget.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with opposition officials Wednesday to plan a response to the kidnapping of two Italian women working in Baghdad.
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ROME - Italy's president began a new round of talks on Friday to see whether Romano Prodi can stay on as prime minister and guarantee a stable center-left government to end the country's ...Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi goes before parliament on Tuesday to try to avert a government crisis triggered when an ally withdrew from his coalition, but his chances of success appear slim.
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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 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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The French Prime Minister calls a crisis meeting to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.