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  • July 2008

    • Oh Napoleon: Tiny Leaders Rule G8

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT

      Oh Napoleon: Tiny Leaders Rule G8

      The leaders at this week's G8 summit are all political big shots, but they're pretty diminutive face-to-face—five don't even make it past 5'6''. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev brings up the short end of the stick at 5'2'', and Canada's Stephen Harper is the only one to pass the 6' mark. But luckily for the G8, reports ABC News, the Napoleon complex is just a myth. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Angela Merkel  • Dmitry Medvedev  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Stephen Harper  • Group of Eight  • height  • Napolean Bonaparte

    • Italians Impatient With Alitalia Rescue Efforts

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jul 4, 08 5:33 PM CDT

      Italians Impatient With Alitalia Rescue Efforts

      Fed up with government efforts to resuscitate Alitalia, many Italians think Rome needs to face reality and let the airline die, Bloomberg reports. PM Silvio Berluconi characterizes Alitalia’s survival as “a matter of national security,” but it hasn't turned a profit in nearly a decade. The latest plan for Alitalia is a restructuring scheme by Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s second-largest bank. More »

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      Italy  • airline  • bankruptcy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • government  • bailout  • Alitalia

    • Italy Calls In Shrinks for Garbage Crisis

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jul 3, 08 8:50 PM CDT

      Italy Calls In Shrinks for Garbage Crisis

      Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a “final solution" to Naples' trash problem—and it includes psychologists, Der Spiegel reports. Naples, whose overflowing landfills have led to intermittently trash-choked streets for years, will soon be invaded by an army of volunteers, including a group of psychologists trained in counseling disaster survivors. Berlusconi has also pledged to clean up the garbage. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • garbage  • Naples  • landfill  • psychologist

  • June 2008

    • Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 23, 08 2:29 AM CDT

      Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

      Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from receiving the sacrament. The prime minister, who has been lobbying to halt his corruption trial, now has his sights set on Vatican policy, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • divorce  • Vatican  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Roman Catholicism  • communion  • remarriage  • Sardinia

    • 'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 3, 08 2:18 AM CDT

      'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

      The boss of a garbage disposal firm with Mafia links who had turned informant was gunned down in a bar near Naples yesterday, the Guardian reports. The murdered man had been helping police target gangs that control waste disposal in the city, currently gripped by a garbage crisis. He had been due to testify this week against an accused gangster who's a member of Italy's ruling party. More »

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      Italy  • organized crime  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Mafia  • garbage  • Naples  • witness

  • May 2008

    • Italian PM Fair Game in Trial Involving US Rendition

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 14, 08 3:31 PM CDT

      Italian PM Fair Game in Trial Involving US Rendition

      Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in the upcoming trial of US and Italian spies, an Italian judge ruled today. A CIA-led group is accused of kidnapping a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan and torturing him for four years under the US' "extraordinary rendition" approach. Berlusconi isn’t accused of anything; instead, he’d testify regarding secret government matters. More »

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      terrorism  • Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Romano Prodi  • rendition  • Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr

  • April 2008

    • 'Post-Fascist' Elected Mayor of Rome

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Apr 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT

      'Post-Fascist' Elected Mayor of Rome

      After decades of center-left rule, the city of Rome elected a rightwinger with a past in a neo-Fascist group as mayor yesterday. Gianni Alemanno, whose party calls itself "post-Fascist," won a runoff election for control of the Italian capital, handily beating the country's outgoing deputy prime minister. Alemanno has promised to expel 20,000 "gyspies and immigrants" from Rome, writes the Times of London. More »

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      immigration  • Italy  • Rome  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Fascism

    • Air France-KLM Pulls Offer for Alitalia

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 22, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      Air France-KLM Pulls Offer for Alitalia

      Air France-KLM has withdrawn its offer to buy Alitalia, leaving the cash-poor Italian carrier with few options. In a tersely worded statement, the world's largest airline said its Alitalia overture—which had been opposed by Alitalia's unions—was "no longer valid." With no suitors forthcoming and cash reserves dwindling—the airline loses $1.6 million a day—Alitalia may be forced to declare bankruptcy, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Italy  • airline industry  • mergers and acquisitions  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Air France KLM Group  • Alitalia  • Air France

    • Why Italy's Obama Lost

      newser  |  Spiked  |  Apr 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT

      Why Italy's Obama Lost

      An Italian politician who aggressively modeled his campaign on Barack Obama’s fell to once-and-future prime minister Silvio Berlusconi this week—and the shallowness of Walter Veltroni’s message is to blame, Dominic Standish argues in Spiked. He appropriated the slogan “Yes we can” and even re-named his party Democratic, but Veltroni mainly left voters in the dark as to what he stood for. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Romano Prodi  • Walter Veltroni  • personality

    • Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 15, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List

      Silvio Berlusconi said today his first task as Italy's prime minister will be to clean up garbage-strewn Naples, the BBC reports. After a clear victory for his center-right coalition in this week's elections, the 71-year-old media tycoon promised to spend three days a week in the city and to "leave only when I'm sure I've found a definitive solution" to the trash clogging its streets. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • garbage  • Naples  • Northern League

    • Here Comes Another Helping of Berlusconi

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 14, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      Here Comes Another Helping of Berlusconi

      Conservative media mogul Silvio Berlusconi looks set to reclaim the Italian premiership, the AP reports, after center-left rival Walter Veltroni conceded defeat this evening. Berlusconi's coalition is expected to win control of both houses of Italy's legislature. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Romano Prodi  • Walter Veltroni

    • Weary Italians Go to the Polls

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 14, 08 7:13 AM CDT

      Weary Italians Go to the Polls

      Polls are open in Italy's parliamentary election, which Silvio Berlusconi appears likely to win. Whether the two-time prime minister or Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni triumphs, the next Italian leader has to kickstart a stagnated economy; growth this year is expected to be as low as 0.3% —or even zero, writes the Daily Telegraph . Turnout has been low over the course of the two-day vote, and apathy and disgust with politics are rife. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Walter Veltroni  • Italian elections

    • Berlusconi on Course for Comeback

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 11, 08 7:47 AM CDT

      Berlusconi on Course for Comeback

      Silvio Berlusconi is marching toward a third term as prime minister of Italy, according to polls ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday. The Croesus-rich media magnate has used his business credentials to convince Italians that he's got the solutions to unemployment, declining economic competitiveness and stagnant growth. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Italian elections

  • March 2008

    • Berlusconi Calls Rival an Obama Copycat

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 13, 08 10:26 PM CDT

      Berlusconi Calls Rival an Obama Copycat

      Silvio Berlusconi is calling his election opponent a Barack Obama copycat–and not in a good way. To keep his 7-point lead in the polls, Italy's former leader has distributed a package to his People of Freedom (PDL) candidates on how to bash Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni in the media. They prescribe ridiculing the onetime Roman mayor for "systemically" copying Obama's speeches. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Italy  • election  • mayor  • Rome  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Walter Veltroni

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Italy Headed for Caretaker Government

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 31, 08 10:33 AM CST

      Italy Headed for Caretaker Government

      Italy's president has asked Senate speaker Franco Marini to form an interim government in a last-ditch effort to reform election laws ahead of a snap poll, reports the BBC. Marini was invited to head a temporary administration to change Italy's crippling voting system, which privileges small parties and has led to the unmanageable multi-party coalitions that led to PM Romano Prodi's downfall. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Romano Prodi  • Giorgio Napolitano  • interim government  • Franco Marini

    • Berlusconi Eyes 3rd Term as Prime Minister

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jan 25, 08 9:52 AM CST

      Berlusconi Eyes 3rd Term as Prime Minister

      Italy's president will begin crisis talks tonight with top politicians after last night's resignation of PM Romano Prodi. While a technocrat will probably take the helm of the country for a few months, Silvio Berlusconi is waiting in the wings, and the richest man in Italy has his sights set on a third term as prime minister. With the center-right riding high in the polls, his supporters are predicting a return to power within months, reports Bloomberg. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Romano Prodi  • Giorgio Napolitano

    • Italian PM Prodi Resigns

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 24, 08 3:27 PM CST

      Italian PM Prodi Resigns

      The fat lady has sung for Italian PM Romano Prodi. After losing a confidence vote in the Senate, Prodi resigned today, the BBC reports. President Giorgio Napolitano now has to make the decision of calling a snap election or appointing a caretaker government. Former PM Berlusconi's center-right coalition would be likely to win an upcoming election, say experts. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Romano Prodi

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