Italian president in crisis talks after Prodi quits
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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 Romano Prodi is to address MPs on Tuesday as the departure of an ally threatens his ruling coalition.
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Italian leaders are locked in talks on a deal allowing Romano Prodi to stay as PM in a bid to end a political crisis.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Wednesday faces a crunch vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in parliament.
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ROME, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met here Friday with the interim president of Iraq, Ghazi Al-Yawar, amid mounting public pressure on his government and intense diplomatic efforts to free two women aid worker hostages.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed in his resignation after his fragile centre left coalition lost a crucial parliament vote.Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi went  to see the president on Thursday, witnesses said, as he decided  whether to face a Senate confidence vote, which he is expected  to lose, or to resign after being weakened by defections.
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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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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.
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ROME -- Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and put his center-left government to a new vote of confidence in Parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the cabinet's resignation days ago.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was heading for new talks with the president on Wednesday but has not decided to resign yet, sources in the centre-left ruling coalition said.
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Italy's Romano Prodi calls a special cabinet session after his fragile coalition loses a key foreign policy vote.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had to  decide on Thursday whether to resign or risk a confidence vote  he would be expected to lose, obliging his centre-left  government to step down anyway.
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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has collapsed briefly while making a political speech in Tuscany and has recovered.
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President Giorgio Napolitano started crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after Prime Minister Romano Prodi's resignation raised the specter of snap elections.