Italy head to dissolve parliament and call elections
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Italy's president was due to dissolve parliament on Wednesday ahead of snap elections, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
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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 President Giorgio Napolitano is to begin crisis talks after the resignation of PM Romano Prodi.
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Italy's president is to meet the parliament's speakers in what is seen as a first step towards early polls.
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LISBON : Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio decided to dissolve parliament and call early elections because he believes the centre-right government of four months is not able to provide stability.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he would demand early general elections if he failed to clinch a deal with his fractious coalition partners to cut income taxes at the start of next year.
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Italy's political crisis enters a decisive week with a snap election and a return to power of Silvio Berlusconi's centre right looking ever more likely after the collapse of Romano Prodi's government.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's power is at risk after parties threaten to quit the governing coalition.
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President Giorgio Napolitano has summoned the speakers of Italy's two chambers of parliament, the ANSA news agency reported, before an expected decision to dissolve parliament ahead of early elections.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano  formally dissolved parliament on Wednesday, a spokesman said,  putting the country on the road to a snap election that will  most likely be held in mid-April.
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Italy's deputy premier suggested Saturday that his country could pull its troops out of Iraq after elections scheduled for January, saying they will no longer be needed when a representative government is in ...
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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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Italians went to the polls Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution trumpeted by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, but critics warn its proposals could endanger national unity.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi  resigned on Thursday after his centre-left government lost a  confidence vote in the Senate, prompting opposition leader  Silvio Berlusconi to demand immediate elections.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio has decided to dissolve parliament and call early elections amid a crisis provoked by the resignation of the minister for youth and sport, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes said.
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Opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi called  for immediate elections at a meeting with the Italian president  on Tuesday, seeking a return to power after the collapse of the  centre-left government last week.
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Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolves parliament and calls elections for August.