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Silvio Berlusconi stories: 93 news summaries

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OPINION

 Obama Plays Shrink 
 to Europe: Dowd 

President brings "psychological finesse" to the G20

Apr 5, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Therapists could learn a thing or two from the "psychological finesse" Barack Obama showed in Europe this week, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Obama's upbringing taught him how to "slip in and out of different worlds," and that legacy was on display... More »

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Barack Obama • psychiatry • Nicolas Sarkozy • Maureen Dowd • Silvio Berlusconi • Dmitry Medvedev • psychologist • George W. Bush • G20

Queen in a Huff Over Berlusconi Boisterousness

Video shows annoyed monarch; palace denies hard feelings

Apr 3, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - God save Silvio Berlusconi if he has irked the queen—and that’s just what the Italian premier appears to do in a video that’s become a YouTube sensation, the Telegraph reports. After Queen Elizabeth joined G20 leaders for a class photo, Berlusconi roared, “Mr. Obama!” Bristled... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • Queen Elizabeth II • Italy • gaffe • Silvio Berlusconi • G20 • President Obama

'Italy's Terri Schiavo' Dies 

Lawmakers were debating PM's bill against euthanasia when news broke

Feb 9, 09 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman who sparked debate over right-to-die laws in Italy has died after 17 years in a coma, the Times of London reports. Italian lawmakers, led by PM Silvio Berlusconi, were debating an emergency bill to keep Eluana Englaro alive at the time. The law would forbid carers of those... More »

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Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma • Eluana Englaro • vegetative state • Bill Maher Grid

Pope: Don't
End Comatose Woman's Life

Joins PM Berlusconi
in fighting Italian
Terry Schiavo case

Feb 7, 09 9:31 AM CST
(AP) - Pope Benedict today waded into a fiercely debated right-to-die case in Italy, affirming the "absolute and supreme" need to protect life even when "weak and shrouded in the mystery of suffering." The pontiff's last-minute intervention in the case of a woman who has been in a coma... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Italy • Terri Schiavo • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma

 Italian Cities Ban Foreign Food 

Laws against new ethnic eateries prompts charges of gastronomic xenophobia

Jan 31, 09 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Kebabs, Chinese food, and curries are the targets of a growing Italian campaign against foreign food, the Times of London reports. The Tuscan town of Lucca has slapped a ban on new foreign eateries opening in the city, and Milan has now followed suit. Government-backed campaigners say they are fighting... More »

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food • immigration • xenophobia • Italy • Tuscany • cuisine • restaurant • Milan • Silvio Berlusconi

Berlusconi Rape Comment
Triggers Outrage

Too many beautiful women to protect, says prime minister

Jan 26, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's comment that his nation is facing increasing rapes because Italy has such "beautiful women" has sparked an uproar, reports the Times of London. He vowed to deploy more soldiers to fight crime, but said it will be impossible to protect everyone. "We... More »

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crime • Italy • Rome • rape • Silvio Berlusconi

Bush Makes Last Calls to World Leaders

Round of goodbyes includes Putin, Brown, Saakashvili, Berlusconi

Jan 19, 09 10:34 AM CST
(AP) - With just hours left in his presidency, President George W. Bush today made a round of phone calls to leaders around the globe. A National Security Council spokesman said the president was simply saying his goodbyes, thanking the leaders for the hospitality they had shown him and first lady Laura... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Gordon Brown • Taro Aso • Mikheil Saakashvili • Silvio Berlusconi • George W. Bush • Vicente Fox

 Berlusconi Repeats
Obama 'Suntan' Joke

Italian prime minister plunges into controversy again

Nov 24, 08 3:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who raised eyebrows worldwide when he recently referred to  President-elect Obama as "handsome, young and suntanned," has repeated what he apparently thinks is a good joke—this time extending it to include model Naomi Campbell. "We would all like to be tanned like... More »

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gaffe • Silvio Berlusconi • Carla Bruni • Naomi Campbell • President Obama • racist remark • suntan

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is in a bit of a pickle after calling Barack Obama “handsome, young, and suntanned,” the London Times reports. Political opponents in Italy called on the gaffe-prone prime minister to apologize. “To say that the US president is young, good looking, and suntanned will... More »

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Barack Obama • Italy • racism • Silvio Berlusconi • Election 2008 • President Obama

Berlusconi Breaks Podium at Rowdy White House Soiree

Dubya's last fan gets
a little excited

Oct 14, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Affairs don't get much more formal than a White House official dinner, but last night's reception in honor of Silvio Berlusconi had all the seriousness of a frat party. The Italian prime minister was so excited to toast President Bush that he knocked into the lectern, which collapsed in pieces.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • George W. Bush • Frankie Valli

Italy's National Airline Could Shut Down Within Week

Balky unions have hampered efforts to find buyer for bankrupt Alitalia

Sep 22, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italy’s aviation authority is poised to ground Alitalia permanently if the bankrupt national carrier doesn’t present a credible reorganization plan by Thursday, ANSA reports. The airline is laden with debt and flying under a provisional license, one the aviation authority will revoke if it doesn’t get an... More »

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bankruptcy • airline industry • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • Alitalia

 Oh Napoleon: 
 Tiny Leaders Rule G8 

Five don't pass the 5'6'' mark

Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

Italians Impatient With Alitalia Rescue Efforts

Berlusconi's pleas for patriotism fall on deaf ears

Jul 4, 08 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Italy Calls In Shrinks
 for Garbage Crisis 

Berlusconi dispatches psychologists as part of promise to clean up mess

Jul 3, 08 8:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Divorced Berlusconi
 Challenges Communion Ban

He confronts startled bishop at mass

Jun 23, 08 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

Slain informant was helping cops bust garbage gangs

Jun 3, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Italian PM Fair Game in Trial Involving US Rendition

Berlusconi can be called to testify on secret matters in kidnap trial, judge rules

May 14, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

'Post-Fascist' Elected Mayor
of Rome

Italian capital shifts
right for first time in
more than 60 years

Apr 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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immigration • Italy • Rome • Silvio Berlusconi

Air France-KLM Pulls Offer
for Alitalia

Berlusconi scrambles as bankruptcy looms for Italian carrier

Apr 22, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

ANALYSIS

 Why Italy's 
 Obama Lost 

Veltroni’s personality wasn't enough to overcome frustration with left

Apr 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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