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Silvio Berlusconi is to stake the fate of his government and his own political future on a confidence vote in parliament on Friday.

This week, in a nod to the French, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, said the firm's takeover offer complied with market rules.

In an audiotape released in July, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi allegedly told a prostitute to wait for him in whose bed?

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's Prime Minister, as he used the remnants of a broken podium to toast President Bush at a White House dinner.

In Italy, scandal hit Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the only leader of a large EU member state to stand as head of an electoral list.

Mr Cacciari, a left-winger, refused to ask Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing government to declare a state of emergency.

You might have thought that people would have tired of it after George Bush's two administrations or Silvio Berlusconi's three.

AT THE start of the year, Silvio Berlusconi must have felt everything was going his way.

For a month Silvio Berlusconi has been enmeshed in a sex scandal that might have forced any other leader from office.

NO MATTER how much he provokes them, Italians seem unable to dislodge Silvio Berlusconi.

In January, after four years of work by the general and his staff, Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet approved a change in the frontier.

Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, used to say that his government would never put its hands into taxpayers' pockets.

But when critics compare him to Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, they do not mean it as a compliment.

I spoke to President Silvio Berlusconi and he agrees with me that we must not fuel the rumours suggesting we are being targeted.

AMONG the consequences of Silvio Berlusconi's long ascendancy over Italy is the numbing of his compatriots' democratic sensibilities.

Italians are bemused at the speed and nature of the "takeover" , however much they delight in the fall of Silvio Berlusconi.

Silvio Berlusconi has never been shy of showing off the many records he holds.

Asked whether he thought Milan's problem was a lack of attention, Silvio Berlusconi said: "No, we are not distracted. "

U. S. President George Bush is in Italy for talks with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thursday and a meeting with Pope Benedict Friday.

A FRENCH website says of our European cover this week: "The Economist does not do half-measures in its judgment of [Silvio] Berlusconi. "

Silvio Berlusconi was often described as a consummate survivor, managing to slip out of political and legal trouble again and again.

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi will step down within a few days, the country's president has said.

Earlier this year Veronica Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi's wife of almost three decades, tired of her husband's reported boorish behaviour.

Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, is the only EU leader to have unambiguously backed the former Labour leader.

President Silvio Berlusconi asked me to let my hair grown and shave my beard instead.

Say what you will about Silvio Berlusconi but, when it comes to the Italian prime minister's hair, you can't call him a hypocrite.

Italy's experienced fiscal hawk, Giulio Tremonti, has been weakened by scandal at home and a row with his prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

Italy 's constitutional court threw out a law giving Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution.

We must surely be in the final act of the dark comedy called Silvio Berlusconi.

I called [President] Silvio Berlusconi to inform him of the negotiation and he was pleased with the news.

"I'M NOT only not sick, " said Silvio Berlusconi on September 1st, referring to a hint by his estranged wife. "I'm a Superman! "

Puppet theater is what passed for mass media in Italy in the days before Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi owned most of it.

She was particularly critical of the Italian government of Silvio Berlusconi.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi declared a state of emergency in the region.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that the world has never seen a financial crisis like this one.

Silvio Berlusconi attended a closed-door pre-trial hearing in Milan relating to a tax-fraud case, his first court appearance in eight years.

He spoke after talks at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, made the offer to Barack Obama at a meeting in the White House.

Indeed, Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, is causing almost as much concern as his Greek counterpart.

Many prominent billionaires have holiday homes on the road, including Lakshmi Mittal and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

After all, the new government needs the support of parliament and hence Silvio Berlusconi's political party to stay in power.

In Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's approval ratings have fallen amid scandals over his personal and legal affairs.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed he intends to resign after key economic reforms have been approved.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair described his talks with the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, as "friendly and constructive" .

Mr. Blair and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held a joint press conference Friday at the end of their talks in Rome.

It also hastened the resignation of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had pledged to step down once the package had been passed.

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, used a speech to blame the recent rise in its borrowing costs on factors beyond Rome's control.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was rushed to hospital covered in blood with a broken nose and teeth.

An appealing idea, but Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin are unlikely to give up their seats at the top table.

After Italy's constitutional court had thwarted his efforts to make himself immune from prosecution, Silvio Berlusconi certainly got mad.

Gordon Brown will meet to discuss economic plans Thursday with his Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's wife Veronica Lario has retained a divorce attorney to begin divorce proceedings, local media reported.

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has described himself as the most persecuted person in the entire history of the world. Mr.

Doubts persist about the ability of the burlesque Silvio Berlusconi to carry out real reforms.

"I want to be able to see the faces of the people who betray me, " said Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, before the vote.

A tale of two Italians IN AUGUST Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, received a chilling letter.

News from Italy that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was stepping down was greeted especially warmly by the markets.

Milan President Silvio Berlusconi has pledged to make his side great again, possibly with the return of Andriy Shevchenko.

For Silvio Berlusconi, the country's longest-serving prime minister in modern times, sexual appetite is a matter of pride, not of shame.

The center-right government led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi narrowly survived a confidence vote in parliament last week.

It was Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who first hinted that things might turn out differently.

Silvio Berlusconi's government cobbled together an emergency austerity package for Italy late on Friday to placate the bond markets.

Silvio Berlusconi is back for a third term as Italy's prime minister. He'll have plenty of work to do.

Ups and downs are certain but the only guanrantee of continued victory is with Silvio Berlusconi.

Both Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, are weak and face a loud anti-immigrant far right.

Is the latest run the action of speculators, as Silvio Berlusconi mused in his farewell statement?

Mario Monti, a former European commissioner, was sworn in as Italy's prime minister following Silvio Berlusconi's resignation.

Silvio Berlusconi is due in court again, this time on charges related to his business interests.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a critical confidence vote in both the Senate and the lower house of parliament.

Also it appears that Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has overcome the first hurdle of the no-confidence motion against him.

The group's chairman this year was Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Next is Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The Italian government has dropped plans to introduce a tax on high earners, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's office has said.

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

Silvio Berlusconi also spoke with Cellino, and is pleased with the choice.

It earlier emerged that Silvio Berlusconi's government is peddling its debt to Chinese sovereign-wealth funds.

This week, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi plans on holding a vote on austerity measures meant to wipe out the budget deficit by 2014.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has once again become the sex scandal focus of public attention.

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi traveled to the devastated area again on Sunday.

Some Italians were celebrating Silvio Berlusconi's resignation as prime minister.

Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister, shrugged it off; so, more surprisingly, did the markets.

LEGAL tribulations for Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, will continue this week.

Italy's lower house passed a bill that would in effect end a bribery case against Silvio Berlusconi.

ON FRIDAY, my colleague made the important point that Italy's crisis is not about Silvio Berlusconi.

Another 2 photos taken at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's holiday villa were published by Spanish newspaper El Pais recently.

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday signed a "friendship pact" with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.

I'm lucky because the president [Silvio Berlusconi] gave us the opportunity [with new signings] to get important results.

Silvio Berlusconi goes on trial for allegedly paying an underage woman for sex and abusing his office.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been seeking to enact measures meant to satisfy his country's creditors.

In 1994, during Silvio Berlusconi's first brief stint in the job, we called on him to resign.

The estate is located in the outskirts of Milan Arco, the accused was Silvio Berlusconi, "Jinwucangjiao" secret location.

Italy's premier Silvio Berlusconi displayed a further retreat from reality.

Silvio Berlusconi is propped up by money and the hopelessness of the Italian left.

Against this backdrop of nervous dé tense in Greece, there is increasing pressure for Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi to step down.

Another week, another legal headache for Silvio Berlusconi.

[Milan owner] Silvio Berlusconi said that Cassano is the best Italian talent - he's wrong or doesn't know Balotelli.

After Bloomberg is Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Indian steel tycoon Lakshimi Mittal.

Update, 2: 30 p. m. : Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to resign following the approval of "key economic reforms, " reports the BBC.

Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on poor Silvio Berlusconi.

The magazine cover bore the title: "Why Silvio Berlusconi is unfit to lead Italy" .

Silvio Berlusconi has been punched in the face at a rally in Milan tonight, according to Italian news reports.

Leaders of the G8 club of rich countries met for the annual G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, presided over by Silvio Berlusconi.

IF ANYBODY is having a good recession, it is the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

Bush says that a day after the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist strikes Silvio Berlusconi "cried like a little boy and could not stop. "

A judge in Milan says there's enough evidence to indict Silvio Berlusconi on two counts.

The centre-left opposition in Italy has tabled a no-confidence motion against the government of Silvio Berlusconi.

The 63-year-old has all but assumed the role of club president since Silvio Berlusconi vacated his post earlier this week.

ITALY'S prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, took a drubbing in partial local elections on May 15th and 16th.

A court in Milan, Italy, 11, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi trial suspected tax fraud case.

What do many Italians think of Silvio Berlusconi?

Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as prime minister of Italy, after dominating the country's politics for 17 years.

I have literally rubbed shoulders with Silvio Berlusconi in the tribuna d'onore at Milan's San Siro stadium (at someone else's invitation).

In Italy, for instance, Silvio Berlusconi will be waiting for Mario Monti to trip up.

he praised in particular milan president silvio berlusconi , but was not much impressed by maratti and moggi.

No other western leader (except Silvio Berlusconi) would have risked the sexism, because they don't need to be funny.

Would you trust any promise made by Silvio Berlusconi?

Some 100, 000 Italian women signed a petition against an allegedly sexist remark made on television by Silvio Berlusconi.

Silvio Berlusconi's government won a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies by 67 votes.

This dark period was over when the media billionaire24, Silvio Berlusconi, bought the team.

Nov. 14 - According to foreign reports, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on the new 13 "technical expert" government support.

But Merkel was gently prodding Italy to change its prime minister, if the incumbent -- Silvio Berlusconi -- couldn't change Italy.

If you are Silvio Berlusconi, you stay in office and fight.

In Italy, on the other hand, Silvio Berlusconi's discredited premiership has distracted attention from pressing matters.

Possible future targets included a house owned, but no longer lived in, by the former centre-right prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

The head of the government when Omar was kidnapped was Silvio Berlusconi, who was voted back into office last year.

Last year Silvio Berlusconi's government made the second attempt in nine years to lure back exiled academics, this time with tax breaks.

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Silvio Berlusconi's government pushes through an austerity budget with impressive speed. Just don't look at the details

(Silvio Berlusconi, his predecessor, is 75 and is, by all accounts, vigorous. )

Silvio Berlusconi's government this week suffered a general strike in Italy;

700 were once sent naked into the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi cusp of public opinion;

Milan, Italy: People take pictures of Silvio Berlusconi

Italians may come to regret electing Silvio Berlusconi once again

Silvio Berlusconi breaks strict 'no photo' rule in front of Leonardo's Last Supper