Berlusconi wins again in Italy
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Only in Italy could Silvio Berlusconi, the country’s richest and occasionally most outlandish man, be elected Prime Minister. Three times! Spry and combative as ever, the 71-year-old media mogul on Monday rolled to a clear-cut election victory just two years after Romano Prodi had ousted him from the job by a whisker’s margin.
Berlusconi’s win over popular Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, by an estimated margin of between 6% and 8%, is a testament both to the colorful former prime minister’s staying power, and also to Italy’s sometimes inexplicable political chemistry.
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