Italy's Leader Asks Premier to Stay On
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on and face a confidence vote in parliament, as leaders in the center-left majority courted outside senators in a frantic effort to ensure the ...Comment
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Romano Prodi will remain as Italy's prime minister but must face a confidence vote in parliament, President Giorgio Napolitano announced Saturday in a move to end a three-day-old political crisis.
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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who fainted on Sunday while addressing a rally, will stay in hospital until at least Wednesday for further checks, his doctor said on Monday.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis.
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Italy's Premier Romano Prodi delivers his statement after meeting the Italian President at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Saturday, Feb.Comment
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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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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister on Saturday, but he now faces a confidence vote in parliament to prove he has enough support to govern.
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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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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.Comment
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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 president has asked Romano ProdiA to stay on as prime minister and face a new vote of confidence in parliament, rejecting his resignation announced earlier in the week.Comment
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ROME - 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.Prodi resigned last week after suffering an ...Comment
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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.
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Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in Italy's upper house on Wednesday to stay on as prime minister, but an opinion poll suggested his grip on power would remain weak.
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Troop deployments have split Mr Prodi's coalition Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is to begin crisis talks following the resignation of the prime minister, Romano Prodi.Comment
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Silvio Berlusconi brushed off fears yesterday of a fresh terrorist threat in Italy, insisting he would finish his holiday in Sardinia despite a bomb scare in the seaside town where Tony Blair ended a flying visit yesterday.
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Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi, who resigned earlier this week, has won the backing from parties in his ruling coalition to continue in office, his spokesman said on Friday.