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Sick Berlusconi to Miss EU Summit [Contracts Scarlet Fever]
BBCNews ^ | October 27, 2009

Posted on 10/27/2009 1:43:09 PM PDT by Steelfish

Sick Berlusconi to Miss EU Summit

Mr Berlusconi is to go back on trial next month, accused of tax fraud

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a bout of scarlet fever and will miss this week's EU summit in Brussels, his foreign minister says.

The minister, Franco Frattini, said he would attend instead of Mr Berlusconi.

Italian media reports say Mr Berlusconi, 73, has a mild form of the fever, which can result in a sore throat, high temperature and rash.

He is thought to have caught it from one of his grandchildren. Doctors have advised him not to travel yet.

The Lisbon Treaty - not yet ratified by the Czech Republic - is expected to be a major issue at the Brussels summit on Thursday and Friday.

But the discussions on the planned changes to EU institutions will be complicated by the Czech delay, which has made it uncertain when the treaty will take effect.

Mr Berlusconi, a friend of Tony Blair, has said he would welcome the former UK prime minister becoming the new EU president under the treaty. It is not yet clear whether Mr Blair will be a candidate.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eu

1 posted on 10/27/2009 1:43:11 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Gonorrhea

Happens to the best Old World pervs.


2 posted on 10/27/2009 1:46:21 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Steelfish

I didn’t know that there was a “Miss EU Summit”. I’ll bet the chicks are hot. Any pictures?


3 posted on 10/27/2009 1:50:14 PM PDT by texmexis best
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To: Steelfish
"Sick Berlusconi to Miss EU Summit"

I read this as "Sick Berlusconi [goes] to Miss EU Summit."



My reading fits, actually
4 posted on 10/27/2009 1:53:14 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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5 posted on 10/27/2009 1:56:37 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

Me too.


6 posted on 10/27/2009 4:13:34 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: texmexis best

I thought the summit was heald in Mississippi.


7 posted on 10/27/2009 4:14:10 PM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: sportutegrl

heald = held


8 posted on 10/27/2009 4:14:53 PM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

With all the shagging Silvio does, its no wonder he’s burning up:-)


9 posted on 10/27/2009 4:41:37 PM PDT by JoeMac ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!'' Popeye The SailorMan)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Scarlet Fever is not Gonorrhea; it’s an advanced Strept infection.


10 posted on 10/28/2009 6:10:21 AM PDT by dangus (Nah, I'm not really Jim Thompson, but I play him on FR.)
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