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 Berlusconi: I'm Not 
 Going Anywhere 

Italian PM defiant as multiple criminal cases reopen

Oct 8, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi, fighting for his political life after a court ruled he was not immune from criminal prosecution, called the ruling politically motivated and vowed to stay on as Italy's prime minister. Already weakened by sex scandals, Berlusconi will now face at least two trials, one concerning witness tampering and... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • corruption • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • David Mills

(Newser) - Gordon Brown is livid and his colleagues in the Labour Party are ripping up copies of the Sun in public after Rupert Murdoch ended 12 years of support and backed Conservative David Cameron this week. “We don't need an Australian-American coming to our country with a paper that has... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • The Sun • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • David Cameron • prime minister • political endorsement • Sky News

(Newser) - President Obama today brought his displeasure over the release of the Lockerbie bomber directly to Gordon Brown’s attention, the BBC reports. Obama did not specifically blame Brown, but relatives of those who died are outraged at the release, and the president has called it a “mistake.” The... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • England • Libya • Lockerbie • prime minister • President Obama • compassionate release • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Brown Didn't Want Lockerbie Bomber to Die
in Prison

Minutes strengthen rumors of oil deal

Sep 1, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Lockerbie troubles for Gordon Brown. Newly released documents suggest the UK prime minister didn't want Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi to die in a Scottish prison, the London Times reports. The development will further fuel speculation that Britain tacitly led the push for Megrahi's release in exchange for a... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • Jack Straw • Lockerbie • prime minister • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi • Kenny MacAskill • justice secretary • prisoner transfer agreement

Berlusconi Slaps European Papers With Libel Suits

Lawyers probe 'cases of real, true defamation'

Aug 28, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is suing Italian and foreign media outlets for libel regarding his personal life, Reuters reports. “We have instructed our colleagues to evaluate, according to the laws in their countries, the most serious cases of real, true defamation,” said the Italian PM's lawyer. Berlusconi’s legal team... More »

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media • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Europe • Italy • libel • lawsuit • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • News Corp • La Repubblica • Times of London

(Newser) - Besieged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is “a national joke,” Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair. He’s also immensely popular. In the midst of his most recent sex scandal, he and his party were handily reelected. What’s the deal? To begin with, “he controls... More »

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politics • sex scandal • Italy • corruption • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • Michael Wolff • Veronica Berlusconi

 Putin Trip Is 
 Tough-Guy 
 Photo Op 

Official pics show Russian PM swimming, riding bareback in Siberia

Aug 4, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin spent his vacation in southern Siberia swimming, climbing trees, and riding a horse bareback—all while shirtless. Though state news agencies portrayed the Russian prime minister’s trip as a vacation, the series of tough-guy photographs that emerged make it hard not to think he had a motive... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Siberia • Kremlin • vacation • prime minister

 Iraq Pullout on Target: 
 Obama, Maliki 

Obama plays down Iraqi limits on US forces as 'differences in strategy'

Jul 22, 09 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama met with Nouri al-Maliki today and vowed to keep to his timetable that has all US forces out of Iraq by 2011, the Washington Post reports. The Iraqi prime minister said that his country’s security forces are now “highly capable” of handling the threat posed by... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • prime minister • Iraq war • Obama administration • President Obama

Berlusconi Admits He's
'No Saint'

Italian PM shrugs off call-girl scandal as 'low-level stuff'

Jul 22, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi appeared unconcerned about the recent disclosure of tapes of an alleged intimate conversation between him and a prostitute, the Telegraph reports. “There are a lot of pretty girls about. I am no saint but you know that,” the Italian PM said today in his first public... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • Freedom Party

Italian Paper Releases 'Tapes'
of Berlusconi Escort Tryst

Man instructs woman to wait 'in Putin's bed'

Jul 20, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution scandal flared anew today as Italian newspaper L’Espresso released audio recordings made by the woman who claims she was paid to attend a party with the Italian PM, the BBC reports. On the recordings, a voice said to be Berlusconi’s says: “I’m... More »

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prostitution • newspaper • Italy • affair • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • scandal • Patrizia D%u2019Addario

Chavez: Ousted Prez Back to Honduras 'in Hours'

Venezuelan prez pledges support for Zelaya

Jul 17, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya will return to the country “in the coming hours,” Hugo Chavez says. “We're behind him, we have to support him,” the Venezuelan leader said ahead of crisis talks hosted by Costa Rica’s president this weekend, Reuters reports. “This is... More »

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prime minister • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • ouster • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

Thatcher Leaves Hospital After
2+ Weeks

Former British PM suffered broken shoulder after fall

Jun 29, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher was released from the hospital today after undergoing surgery for a broken arm, the Telegraph reports. Although the former British PM was originally expected to return home sooner, she spent 17 days recuperating after she fell in her house in London. Thatcher, now 83, has abandoned most public... More »

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London • United Kingdom • hospital • Margaret Thatcher • prime minister • broken bone

(Newser) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is refusing to resign in the first major crisis of his 19 months in office, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Dubbed "Utegate"—after a popular SUV—the scandal centers on whether Rudd gave special treatment to a friend's car dealership. Critics say Rudd... More »

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Australia • email • prime minister • Kevin Rudd • car dealers • political scandal

Bruised Brown Talks of Fleeing Downing Street

British PM 'hurt' by personal attacks lobbed by fellow Labourites

Jun 20, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - After surviving a coup by members of his own party earlier this month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he was “hurt” by their personal attacks and said he could “walk away from all this tomorrow.” “I’m not interested in what accompanies being in power,... More »

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Gordon Brown • Labour Party • prime minister • Britain

 Showgirl: I've 
 Got Berlusconi
 Bedroom Tapes 

She gives photos, audio recordings
to prosecutors

Jun 19, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showgirl who says she was paid to party with Silvio Berlusconi says she’s got photos of herself and the Italian PM in his bedroom, the Times of London reports. Patrizia D'Addario says she also gave audio tapes to prosecutors with Berlusconi's voice, and videotaped herself in the room... More »

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Italy • video • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • recording • showgirls • Patrizia D'Addario

ANALYSIS

Netanyahu Expected to Endorse Palestinian State


Jun 12, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to endorse a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem this weekend, the Times of London reports. The decision follows intense pressure from the Obama administration to recognize the need for a Palestinian state. The US also wants Israel to stop expanding settlements in the... More »

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Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • prime minister • settlement • Palestinian statehood • President Obama • two-state solution

 Thatcher in 
 Hospital After 
 Breaking Arm 

Former British PM expected to be released soon

Jun 12, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher, now 83, has been hospitalized after breaking her arm in a fall in her home in London, reports the UK Times. A spokeswoman for the long-serving prime minister said she would be released today and was "very lucky." Thatcher has suffered multiple strokes in recent years,... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Margaret Thatcher • prime minister • hospitalization • broken bone

(Newser) - Ouch. Maybe the one guy who regrets the publication of private photos at Silvio Berlusconi's villa more than Berlusconi himself is former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. Faces were blurred in the photos, but Topolanek admits that he's the naked man pictured standing by the pool in one of the... More »

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Italy • Czech Republic • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • scandal • Mirek Topolanek • El Pais

Berlusconi Irate Over Pesky Media Questions

Italian PM walks out of interview when asked about teen model

May 24, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi owns nearly half of Italy’s television stations—but not La Repubblica, the Italian daily that has incensed the PM with questions about his connection to an 18-year-old model, the Guardian reports. When a reporter asked about Berlusconi's appearance at her birthday party, Berlusconi took offense, saying... More »

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media • newspaper • Italy • prime minister • parliament • authoritarianism • Silvio Berlusconi • La Repubblica • investigative journalism • Noemi Letizia

'Showgirl' Crack Is Berlusconi's Latest Gaffe

Italian business leader disturbed at PM's characterization of her

May 21, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Emma Marcegaglia runs Italy’s industrialist association and just might be the country’s most powerful woman. But that didn’t stop Silvio Berlusconi from likening her to a showgirl today, Reuters reports. Speaking to Marcegaglia’s organization, the gaffe-prone Italian premier recalled when “an usher told me a... More »

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Italy • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • insult • Veronica Lario • Emma Marcegaglia • showgirls

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