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Even if it scrapes through on Thursday, Mr Prodi's sprawling alliance is at risk of limping from one parliamentary drama to the next.

But Italy's prime minister, Romano Prodi, seems to have something that could yet offset these handicaps : luck.

"Instead of always being the prey, " said Romano Prodi, Italy's prime minister, "I would like, once in a while, also to be the predator. "

Italy's Romano Prodi, as European Commission president, met him in Brussels.

The centre-left mayor of Naples, Rosa Russo Jervolino, warned Mr Prodi of the looming crisis a year ago.

Berlusconi narrowly lost another election to Romano Prodi and a subsequent legal challenge of the results.

"For Greece, the problem is completely over, " said Prodi, who was also Italian prime minister, in an interview in Shanghai today.

On the eighteenth, Jacques Chirac and Romano Prodi came to the White House for my last meeting with European Union leaders.

Encouragingly, Mr Prodi would have none of it.

"These examples demonstrate that European regions are capable of developing new, high-tech clusters. "

He was a bright young progressive who was a member of our Third Way group, as was EU president Romano Prodi.

This week Mr Prodi said a new electoral law was an "absolute priority" .

At least one measure announced by Mr Prodi will have an immediate impact.

This week, Mr Prodi won a majority thanks to support from unelected life senators and from rebels within the centre-right opposition.

And now Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy, is pressing the UN to go further by ratifying a Universal Moratorium on the death penalty.

Prodi warmly welcomed Premier Wen for his first visit to the EU and agreed with his views on EU-China relations.

Whatever else they may achieve, though, Mr Prodi's overtures to the right may not improve the chances of further liberalisation in Italy.

Ms Pelosi's visit will follow those of John McCain, a senator and presidential candidate, and Romano Prodi, Italy's prime minister.

The idea of a shared euro bond has been pushed by Italy's Mr Prodi, George Soros, a veteran investor, and others.

Over a hundred people gathered outside Mr Prodi's office chanting "Resign, resign" .

After an almost equally narrow win in April, Romano Prodi has only just become Italy's prime minister in place of Silvio Berlusconi.

Prodi said that Italy and China enjoy very close relations and he himself has friendly feeling with China.

Vincenzo Visco, deputy finance minister in Romano Prodi'scentre-left government in charge of collecting taxes, had a splendid 2007.

By the time Mr Prodi lost his confidence vote, no fewer than 39 political parties were represented in parliament.

The Prodi government could impose a change, but that would outrage trade unions.

Prodi also said his country will exert a positive influence on promoting EU-China relations.

The outgoing coalition's core parties quickly said they would support Mr Prodi again.

Rime Minister Prodi has said lawmakers in his divided coalition are free to vote on it according to their conscience.

Prodi said that EU-China relations are currently in the best shape in history.

Mr Prodi had earlier said that he intended to solve the Naples garbage problem permanently.

They felt that Mr Prodi's government had done nothing for them except to increase their tax bills.

Investors don't yet share Prodi's optimism about Greece.

Prodi, 70, who headed the European Commission from 1999 to 2004, will teach at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.

Mr Prodi first sent in the army to clear the garbage from outside schools, so that they could reopen after the holiday.

Mr Prodi actually won the vote in Italy's Senate by 158 votes to 136 with 24 abstentions.

Greek Crisis Is Over, Rest of Region Safe, Prodi Says (Update3)