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Battered Berlusconi Leaves Hospital

Doctors tell Italian PM to rest two weeks following attack

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 17, 2009 10:52 AM CST
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(Newser) – A heavily bandaged Silvio Berlusconi left San Raffaele Hospital in Milan today, though doctors told him to get a few weeks rest following his assault. The Italian prime minister waved to the media as he was driven away in his motorcade. Before heading home he was taken to his dentist, who spent three hours rebuilding and repairing teeth broken in the attack.

“If, after what happened, there is a better awareness of the need for calmer and more honest language in Italian politics, this pain will not have been in vain,” Berlusconi said in a statement after his release. “These last days I have felt that even some political opposition leaders have come closer.”

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves from his car as he arrives at his home in Arcore, Italy, Thursday, Dec.17, 2009.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves from his car as he arrives at his home in Arcore, Italy, Thursday, Dec.17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
The entrance to the private clinic Ars Medica in Gravesano, southern Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.
The entrance to the private clinic "Ars Medica" in Gravesano, southern Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Keystone/Karl Mathis)
Italian paramilitary Carabinieri officers stand guard outside Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's villa in Arcore, Italy, Thursday, Dec.17, 2009.
Italian paramilitary Carabinieri officers stand guard outside Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's villa in Arcore, Italy, Thursday, Dec.17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Fondue
Dec 17, 2009 6:41 AM CST
I don't understand why we have to hear about every little fart this guy lights.
DontLikeYou___
Dec 17, 2009 4:55 AM CST
Sounds like the attack as a success then. Give them what they want, dude.

 
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