Italy's president looks for way out of govt crisis
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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 resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or must be replaced.
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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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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asks the Senate speaker to try to form an interim government.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano embarked on frenzied negotiations for a new government Thursday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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President Bush is visiting Italy this weekend, his first official trip here in three years. And in a sign of how much relations have cooled, Premier Romano Prodi had to ask Cabinet members to refrain from joining in public protests against the American leader.
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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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Italy's president will announce who he has chosen to lead a new government on Saturday after crisis talks.
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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 political crisis.
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Italy's president asked the Senate speaker Wednesday to determine if an interim government can be formed to change the electoral law before early elections, an effort to end the country's political instability.
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President Giorgio Napolitano started crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the specter of snap elections.
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Italy's head of state, President Giorgio Napolitano, will today wrap up crisis talks on the political impasse brought on by the collapse of Romano Prodi's centre-left government, but last night there were few ...Comment
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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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Italy's president is to hold talks with political leaders after PM Romano Prodi's resignation.
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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 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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President Giorgio Napolitano started  crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political  limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the  specter of snap elections.