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Half naked woman groups protest Berlusconi

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Milan (Reuters)-a group of women without clothes on from women's rights group Femen protests Ukraine against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who was voted in the elections of Italy.

"Basta (enough) Berlusconi," words that was shouted the protestors during the media Tycoon's voted in a POLLING STATION located in a school in the city of Milan.

The same words are written on their bodies, as reported by Reuters.

Police immediately caught the women and took them away.

Berlusconi, who is seeking a fifth term in Government, are currently on trial for sexual relations with underage prostitutes during dinner scene "flowers" in his villa in Milan. He has denied the allegations.

The 76-year-old billionaire, who didongkel from power in November 2011 when Italy faced a severe financial crisis, has angered activist groups of women who accused him of exploiting the stage scantily clad girl in the show on the air and degrading women with canda-candanya inappropriate.

A woman demanded an apology from Berlusconi after the former Prime Minister was delivering a statement to him; when they are on stage together at a business event.

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Key ally urges Berlusconi to quit

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8 November 2011 Last updated at 13:03 GMT Silvio Berlusconi (file image from Jan 2011)

Pressure on Mr Berlusconi to resign is now coming from his main coalition partner Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's key coalition partner has urged him to step aside ahead of a crucial budget vote.

Northern League leader Umberto Bossi said he should be replaced by former Justice Minister Angelino Alfano.

Mr Berlusconi's majority has crumbled ahead of the vote, with several MPs defecting or saying they will rebel.

Until now he has insisted he has enough support to be able to continue to govern and has denied he will resign.

While Italy's deficit is relatively low, investors are concerned that the combination of Italy's low growth rate and 1.9tn euro (£1.63tn; $2.6tn) debt could make it the next to fall in the eurozone debt crisis.

"We asked the prime minister to stand aside," Mr Bossi told reporters on the margins of parliament.

However, when asked about the expected outcome of a normally routine vote on approving state finances, Mr Bossi told reporters: "Nothing will happen today."

After late-night talks with his own party and Northern League leaders, Mr Berlusconi is reported to have said that he would wait to see the outcome of the vote before making a decision on his future.

He spent the morning attempting to shore up his support with those MPs who had threatened to abandon him ahead of the vote, which has been delayed until 16:00 GMT.

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Last month, the same budget measure was defeated in parliament by a single vote. Mr Berlusconi is reported to be short of the 316 votes needed to prove that he still has a majority.

But analysts say Mr Berlusconi may still win as the centre-left may abstain, allowing the essential measure to pass.

Members of the opposition have said they will be present in the chamber, but will not vote, La Repubblica reports.

"Our message to the coalition is, 'be counted'," Pier Luigi Bersani, secretary of the centre-left Democratic Party said, according to the paper.

Continue reading the main story Umberto Bossi

Leader of the regionalist Northern League party which provides Silvio Berlusconi with a parliamentary majorityA former singer, aged 70, married (twice) with four sonsMinister for Institutional Reforms in the Berlusconi cabinetHad a break from frontline politics after suffering a stroke in March 2004 Were Mr Berlusconi to lose, he could either resign immediately or be ordered by President Giorgio Napolitano to call a confidence vote.

The BBC's Alan Johnston, in Rome, says it is certainly worth remembering that Mr Berlusconi is a master deal-maker and political infighter, having survived more than 50 confidence motions in the past.

But this crisis is different as it goes beyond Italian politics: it is instead linked to the international money markets, which have lost faith in Mr Berlusconi's ability to fix the Italian economy, our correspondent says.

The markets are now forcing Italy to pay interest rates that could eventually ruin it, which means the pressure on Mr Berlusconi is extraordinary, he adds.

Doubt about Italy's governance and its ability to repay its debts have sent the markets seesawing over the past two days.

On Tuesday, the cost of government borrowing spiked at a new record of 6.74% because of the crisis, just short of the 7% threshold at which Portugal and Ireland were forced to accept bailouts.

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Italy's Berlusconi says government solid, no early election

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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi talks to the media as he leaves a euro zone leaders summit in Brussels October 27, 2011.

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ROME | Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:05am EDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated Friday that his center-right coalition, which has come close to falling apart over policy differences, would see out its term until 2013 and that his alliance with the Northern League party was solid.

Speaking on his own Canale 5 television station, he ruled out any broad-based government of national unity, which he said would create paralysis for Italy and said an election campaign in the middle of the crisis would be seriously damaging.

"The important thing is to maintain a cohesive majority and government to pass reforms," he said.

The comments came days after Northern League leader Umberto Bossi said there was a serious risk the government could fall over proposals to raise the pension age as part of reforms demanded by the European Union.

(Reporting by James Mackenzie)

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Berlusconi wins confidence vote but still weak

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reacts next to national coordinator of the People of Freedom Denis Verdini (R) in the lower chamber of the deputies in Rome, October 14, 2011.

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By Philip Pullella and Gavin Jones

ROME | Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:16am EDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a vote of confidence on Friday, giving his struggling center-right government a new, but probably short, lease of life.

Berlusconi, who said before the vote that the country would be thrown into economic and social catastrophe if his government collapsed now, won the vote 316 for and 301 against.

The result was in doubt until the last minute and even some center-right members expressed uncertainty and showed nervousness before the vote on whether the government would pull through.

The situation was so tense that some in the center-right went into last-minute horse-trading meetings with Berlusconi, who is trying to contain a rebellion in his coalition.

There was even doubt until the last minute if the quorum making the vote valid existed since most of the opposition boycotted the first round of the vote.

One coalition parliamentarian, Francesco Nucara, told the chamber he was voting to save the government for the good of the country but openly expressed dissent with the way Berlusconi was running the center-right and his choice of ministers.

"You have put some people in your government who would not be worthy to be doorkeepers in some of your companies," Nucara said in his address before the vote.

The prime minister's administration has been plagued by scandals, economic stagnation and intense pressure from financial markets.

Berlusconi was forced to call the vote after his divided and undisciplined coalition suffered an embarrassment when it failed to pass a routine budget provision on Tuesday.

The prime minister was holding a cabinet meeting immediately after the vote to re-present the budget measure defeated on Tuesday, a result that Berlusconi wrote off as just an "accident" because some parliamentarians arrived late.

TEMPORARY REPRIEVE

While the vote gave Berlusconi a reprieve, analysts say it will be just a matter of months only before a new crisis hits, and Italy is likely to hold elections next spring, a year early.

In a note to clients, Barclays Capital called the results: "A confidence vote that doesn't give much confidence."

"In many ways, this is the worst possible outcome at a time when the Euro zone itself is in disarray. It will do little to stop the rot and exposes Italy and the Euro zone to further uncertainty in the coming weeks and months," said Nicholas Spiro of Spiro Sovereign Strategy in London.

Berlusconi told parliament on Thursday the fall of his government would be "a victory for those who want to see (Italy) fall into decline, catastrophe and the kind of speculation we have seen for months in Europe and Italy."

Several newspaper editorials on Friday highlighted the lack of new ideas in Berlusconi's speech to parliament a day before the vote was taken, describing him as paralyzed by a fear of aggravating tensions in his coalition.

"Not one new thought was expressed. Absolutely nothing. A complete vacuum," said Luca Ricolfi in La Stampa daily.

"Berlusconi has by now become a factor that is immobilizing and freezing Italian politics."

A number of center-right deputies were absent from Tuesday's vote, infuriating Berlusconi and feeding suspicions that some stayed away to raise their bargaining power in the coalition.

He is facing internal challenges from a number of ministers, most notably from Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, who are unhappy with his leadership and the damage his personal and legal woes have done to Italy's reputation.

The prime minister is on trial in four separate cases, accused of fraud, corruption and paying for sex with a minor.

President Giorgio Napolitano entered the fray this week, expressing deep concern about the viability of government and demanding a "credible response" to Italy's acute problems.

A Reuters survey of about 20 analysts said on Thursday that Italy was already in recession, would barely muster any growth in 2012 and would miss the government's fiscal deficit targets.

Its sovereign debt has been downgraded in the past month by Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch, and since early August it has relied on the European Central Bank to buy its bonds to prevent yields rising to unsustainable levels.

(Writing by Philip Pullella; Additional reporting by Catherine Hornby, Giuseppe Fonte and Paolo Biondi; Editing by Maria Golovnina)

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Silvio Berlusconi birthday quiz

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is celebrating his 75th birthday.To mark the occasion, here are 10 questions about the life and times of Italy's longest-serving post-war premier.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

On a visit to the New York stock exchange in 2003, Mr Berlusconi said Italy was a great country to invest in because it had lots of beautiful secretaries. He also said the country had changed and now had...

Less organised crime
Fewer communists
A hard currency

2.) Multiple Choice Question

In May 2010, Mr Berlusconi asked Milan police to release a 17-year-old Moroccan dancer, who had been accused of theft. It's said he claimed she was related to a head of state. Which?

Libya's Muammar Gaddafi

King Mohammed VI of Morocco

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Silvio Berlusconi claims to have hired one of the following as a lawyer, before they entered politics. Which?

Gerhard Schroeder

Tessa Jowell

Nicolas Sarkozy

4.) Multiple Choice Question

The young Berlusconi occasionally performed as a cruise ship crooner. He also played in a band. Which instrument did he play?

Piano

Double bass

Trumpet

5.) Multiple Choice Question

Mr Berlusconi, Italy's third richest man, has interests in banking, insurance, publishing, cinema and television. Which of these channels does he NOT own?

Italia 1
Rai Tre
Rete 4
Canale 5

6.) Multiple Choice Question

Which of the following football clubs in Italy's top league, Serie A, does Mr Berlusconi own?

Lazio

Juventus

AC Milan

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Mr Berlusconi's estranged wife, the actress Veronica Lario, is part-owner of the right-wing newspaper, Il Foglio. Which publication is owned by his brother Paolo?

Il Giornale
La Repubblica
Panorama

8.) Multiple Choice Question

Veronica Lario demanded and won a public apology from her husband, after he did something that, in her view, damaged her dignity. Which of these was it?

He attended the 18th birthday party of female friend, Noemi Letizia

He told Maria Carfagna, a member of parliament, he would run away with her, if he were not married

He hinted publicly that his wife was having an affair with philosopher Massimo Cacciari

9.) Multiple Choice Question

Silvio Berlusconi has been prime minister for nine of the last 17 years. Which of these pre-war figures was PM for nearly 21 years?

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Benito Mussolini

Guiseppe Verdi

10.) Multiple Choice Question

How do you say 75 in Italian?

Diciassette virgola cinque
Settantacinque
Settecentocinquanta

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It's fewer communists. "Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one," he was quoted as saying.It's Hosni Mubarak. Mr Berlusconi does not deny calling police to secure the dancer's release and sending an aide to take custody of her. The Egyptian embassy subsequently denied there was any connection between the girl and the Egyptian president.It's Nicolas Sarkozy. Mr Berlusconi said in 2009 that he helped resolve the conflict between Russia and Georgia by talking to Vladimir Putin on the phone and sending "the good Nicolas Sarkozy, who was my advocate some years ago" to talk to Dmitri Medvedev. Tessa Jowell, the former British cabinet minister, is not a lawyer. Her estranged husband David Mills was employed as a lawyer by Mr Berlusconi in the 1990s.It's double bass. Mr Berlusconi has recorded albums as a singer, with Neopolitan performer Mariano Apicella.It's Rai Tre, which is part of the state-owned public service broadcaster, Rai. Media freedom campaigners have complained that as prime minister Mr Berlusconi is able to exercise some political control over Rai, as well as the channels he owns.It is AC Milan, one of the top teams from Mr Berlusconi's home town. Lazio, a team based in Rome, is owned by entrepreneur Claudio Lotito, while Juventus (in Turin) is controlled by the Agnelli family, the principal shareholders of the Fiat car company.It's the daily newspaper Il Giornale. La Repubblica is a centre-left newspaper, while Panorama is a weekly news magazine owned by Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset company.It's the Maria Carfagna incident in 2007. Veronica Lario did not respond publicly to her husband's remark about Massimo Cacciari. After he attended Noemi Letizia's party in 2009, she filed for divorce, saying she could not stay with a man who "consorted with minors".It's Benito Mussolini. Garibaldi led the military campaign which led to the unification of Italy in 1860. Verdi was a composer.It is settantacinque. Diciassette virgola cinque is 17.5, while settecentocinquanta is 750.

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Bitter 75th birthday for beleaguered Berlusconi

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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends during a debate at the lower house of parliament in Rome in Rome, September 22, 2011.

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By Philip Pullella

ROME | Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:48am EDT

ROME (Reuters) - Given his declared taste for beautiful women, Silvio Berlusconi would probably not mind a sultry starlet singing him "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."

But as he turns 75 on Thursday, he and most Italians are in no mood for celebrations that might evoke the day when Marilyn Monroe famously sang the song for John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The prime minister -- whose title, to Italians, is president of the council of ministers -- did attend a birthday party on Wednesday evening. But Italian media said his speech to friends was marked by familiar, defensive jibes at his many critics.

Italy's mounting economic difficulties and a creeping sense of social malaise have added to headaches for Berlusconi that include a laundry list of judicial woes, a fractious coalition and a Church that has suddenly turned against him.

There are growing fears that the Italian state, whose celebrations of its own 150th anniversary this year were muted by self-doubt, could suffer a Greek-style debt crisis, despite a stinging austerity package that will force Italians to pay more taxes, delay retirement and shell out more for health care.

In a front-page editorial on Thursday that seemed to encapsulate the mood of many in the country, the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero lamented a "systemic crisis" that had left most Italians disoriented.

"The aim of politics should be ... to develop society and restore to citizens a sense of authentic community," it said.

But it concluded that politics in Italy had become distant from the real needs of the people. Crime and corruption had fueled a growing social malaise and a "widespread feeling of indifference," it said.

"LIKEABLE SCOUNDREL"

Italians are divided about Berlusconi, whose approval ratings, at about 25 percent, are at their lowest ever.

"I wish he would give a present to the whole country and resign," said Stefano Trinka, a Rome resident going to work in the capital's crowed Piazza Venezia.

Giovanna Molinari, who was walking along the same square arm in arm with her husband, is a die-hard Berlusconi supporter. She said: "Happy Birthday and good work, Mr. President -- that is, if they let him get any work done."

Berlusconi, now heading his fourth government since taking up politics in 1994 after making billions in business, has shown himself to have a knack for surviving scandals and diplomatic gaffes that would have ended the career of many another leader.

Piera Di Giacomo echoed the thoughts of many Italians when asked in Rome what she thought of Berlusconi as he turned 75, and why he had survived so long: "What should I say? As far as I'm concerned he is a likeable scoundrel," she said.

"Happy birthday."

The list of those Berlusconi would consider party poopers seems to be growing longer by the day.

Magistrates accuse him of corruption in three separate trials and in a fourth trial, he is accused of paying for sex with a minor.

In recent weeks he has faced damning criticism and more or less open calls to resign from pillars of the establishment including the Catholic Church, employers group Confindustria, the head of auto giant Fiat and newspapers including Corriere della Sera, Italy's most authoritative daily.

And now Berlusconi, whose eye for young women is legendary, has been caught up in a new investigation by magistrates. It is

centered around bribes and blackmail linked to parties he is said to have hosted for young women, some perhaps prostitutes.

According to wire-tapped conversations published by Italian newspapers, he has boasted of "doing eight girls" a night and joking that with all his sexual activity, he was only prime minister "in my spare time."

Berlusconi was feted at a party on Wednesday night hosted by Alessandra Mussolini, grand-daughter of the Fascist dictator. According to Italian media, he told his friends that all accusations against him are "mud" hurled by politically biased magistrates and that he would prove his total innocence.

A bitter "antipasto," or appetizer, for Berlusconi came four days before his birthday when Italy's top Catholic bishop issued a blistering attack on the ruling class, saying the country need to "purify the air" contaminated by licentious behavior, scandal and corruption.

The unusual unveiled attack by Angelo Bagnasco, who stopped just short of asking Berlusconi to resign and painted a damning picture of an elite more concerned with its own survival than the good of the people, left Berlusconi and his government, according to political sources, feeling "stunned."

(Additional reporting by Gabriele Pileri; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

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