Italy's Prodi scrambles for support as vote looms
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Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must win to stay on as prime minister.
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Premier Romano Prodi sought to win over senators Tuesday in a speech meant to woo both Catholics and communists in his fractious coalition, a day before a confidence vote that will decide the survival of Italy's 61st postwar government.
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Italy's president gave Romano Prodi another shot Saturday, asking him to remain as premier and face a confidence vote in parliament, while Prodi supporters courted outside senators in a frantic effort to end ...Comment
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Romano Prodi, given a second chance to prove that he can govern Italy, scrambled for support on Sunday ahead of a vote of confidence this week that he must win to stay on as prime minister.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will brave a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday despite expectations that he will lose and be forced to resign.
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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's left-leaning government appeared to have avoided a drubbing.
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ROME - Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority in parliament.Prodi resigned on Wednesday ...Comment
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ROME - Italy's Romano Prodi was expected to win the backing of the upper house on Wednesday to remain as prime minister, but an opinion poll suggested that his grip on power would remain ...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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The Italian president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and face a new vote of confidence in parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the government's resignation days ago.
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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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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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The Italian Senate prepares to hold a vote of confidence in Romano Prodi's nine-month-old government.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Thursday he would take his case to the Senate as he struggles against increasing odds to save his centre-left government from collapse, the ANSA news agency reported.
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Italy's Senate speaker said Monday he could not raise enough support for an interim government to change voting rules blamed for much of Italy's political instability, clearing the way for an early election.
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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 center-left leaders have agreed to  back Romano Prodi's bid to stay on as prime minister, boosting  his chances of ending a crisis that risks plunging the country  into political paralysis.