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Berlusconi Returns to Power with New Italian Govt
Washington Post ^ | 04/23/05 | Crispian Balmer

Posted on 04/23/2005 7:46:36 PM PDT by Pikamax

Berlusconi Returns to Power with New Italian Govt Reuters Saturday, April 23, 2005; 11:27 AM

By Crispian Balmer

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resolved a bruising row with his coalition partners on Saturday and named a new government tasked with reviving the sluggish economy ahead of next year's general elections.

The cabinet will be sworn into office later on Saturday and will include new health, industry and communications ministers.

It will also mark a return to frontline politics for Berlusconi's long time ally, Giulio Tremonti, who was named deputy prime minister just 10 months after being ousted as economy minister during ferocious coalition feuding.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: berlusconi; italy

1 posted on 04/23/2005 7:46:37 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax

I can't keep up with this guy


2 posted on 04/23/2005 7:56:22 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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