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Berlusconi survives crucial confidence vote
"Who is Silvio?What is he, that all our voters commend him? Holy fair and wise is he, Such grace did heaven lend him, That he might admirèd be." [Emirates 24/7] Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday scraped through a crucial confidence vote in parliament, overcoming one of the most serious crises in his 16-year political career. Berlusconi won with a razor-thin majority, as 314 politicians voted in his favour with 311 against and two abstentions in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies lower house. Posted by: Fred 2010-12-15 |
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