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Italy's new Prime Minister faces crucial no-confidence vote

Apr 29, 2013

The vote takes place under the shadow of the gun attack on Sunday in which an unemployed man shot two police officers and a passerby outside the prime minister's office in Rome just as the cabinet was being sworn in at the nearby presidential palace. #World #NewsTracker #Silvio Berlusconi #Italy #Enrico Letta
Italy forms new government after 2-month stalemate

Apr 27, 2013

A coalition of Silvio Berlusconi's forces and centre-left rivals forged a new Italian government today, an unusual alliance that broke a two-month deadlock following inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. #Elections #NewsTracker #Silvio Berlusconi #Italy
Enrico Letta appointed Italian premier-designate

Apr 24, 2013

Italy's president today appointed Enrico Letta as premier-designate, asking him to form a coalition government representing Italy's main parties to end two months of political paralysis and put the country back on the path of reform and growth. #NewsTracker #Silvio Berlusconi #Italy #Giorgio Napolitano #Enrico Letta

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The Berlusconi circus

2013-06-18 23:18:00

When the day finally arrives that Silvio Berlusconi exits the scene, hacks and political pundits will be dusting off the black armbands. Probably, the Rubygate “bunga bunga” saga will be remembered as the apotheosis of the 20-year period marked by sleaze #Silvio Berlusconi
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Berlusconi plotted Qadhafi ‘assassination’

2013-06-13 21:27:00

ROME: Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi plotted to have Libyan ruler Muammar Qadhafi assassinated by the secret services, Italy’s Il Fatto Quotidiano daily said on Thursday, sparking a heated denial from the magnate’s spokesman. “In the middle of #Silvio Berlusconi #Ignazio La Russa #Africa
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Silvio Berlusconi 'asked Italy's secret service to bump off Muammar Gaddafi'

2013-06-13 13:13:00

Silvio Berlusconi asked Italy’s secret services to bump off Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, so the then premier could end his increasingly embarrassing ties with the Libyan dictator, it was claimed today. Mr Berlusconi’s unusual request to Italy's then #Silvio Berlusconi #Muammar al-Qaddafi #Libya

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