1. Italy passes 'Berlusconi bill'
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Italy's senate has passed a bill which opponents of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, say will aid him in his legal battles with the country's courts.

2. Berlusconi wins Italian election
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Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the conservative People of Freedom party, has won a clear majority in both houses of Italy's parliament following elections at the weekend.

3. Italy voting enters final day
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Voting for a new parliament has entered its final day in Italy amid a lower-than-expected voter turnout.

4. Voting under way in Italy elections
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Voting has begun in Italy's parliamentary election, where both the leading candidates for prime minister have promised to reverse the country's economic downturn.

5. Profile: Walter Veltroni
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Walter Veltroni, Italy's prime ministerial hopeful, entered politics as a communist youth activist in the 1970s.

6. Campaign ends for Italy election
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Campaigning has ended in advance of Italy's general election, with Walter Veltroni, a former Rome mayor, saying that Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon and two-time prime minister, is "no states

7. Berlusconi tipped to win Italy vote
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, is the favourite to win this weekend's general election and mark a third term in office.

8. Italy sets date for snap election
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Italy will hold national elections on April 13-14, the Reuters news agency reports, quoting a minister.

9. Italy looks to interim government
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Giorgio Napolitano, Italy's president, has asked the senate speaker to form an interim government to change the electoral law ahead of general elections, in an effort to end Italy's wave of political

10. Berlusconi demands early election
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's conservative leader, has told the country's president that early elections are the only way out of the political crisis sparked by the resignation of Romano Prodi as prime m