Italy interim government efforts fail
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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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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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President Giorgio Napolitano said Saturday a consensus had not yet emerged on the way forward for Italy after more talks with political leaders following the collapse of Romano Prodi's government.
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Silvio Berlusconi and his allies moved their battle to regain power in Italy on to new ground after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi and the collapse of his centre-left government
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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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ROME, Feb. 21 -- After just nine months at the helm of a shaky government, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi handed in his resignation Wednesday when he lost a critical parliamentary vote over the government's foreign policy.
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Romano Prodi's victory in a confidence  vote has given his center-left government a lease of life but  Italy appeared unconvinced on Thursday he can remain prime  minister long enough to deliver promised reforms.
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Just three months before progress reports are due, Iraqâs political leaders have failed to reach agreements on nearly every key law.
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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 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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A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded Saturday.
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Parliament failed Tuesday to agree on constitutional changes and election reforms.
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The centre-right coalition of Italy's PM Berlusconi suffers a crushing defeat in seven by-elections.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi lost a Senate confidence vote Thursday, obliging him to resign and bring an end to 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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In the latest shakeup in Italy's government, the prime minister is ousted after a heated foreign policy debate
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi lost a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday and went to hand his resignation to the president, prompting opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi to demand immediate elections.