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	<title>Crikey &#187; Italy</title>
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		<title>Big trouble in Ital(ly) Chinatown</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/big-trouble-in-itally-chinatown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/big-trouble-in-itally-chinatown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Monti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese shopkeeper and his nine-month-old baby Joy were brutally gunned down in a suburb of Rome in a robbery that went horribly wrong, writes <b>Josephine McKenna</b>, a freelance journalist in Rome.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eurozone crisis: new bailout under half the size of Oz economy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/eurozone-crisis-new-bailout-under-half-the-size-of-oz-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/eurozone-crisis-new-bailout-under-half-the-size-of-oz-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euro crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question for the eurozone in 2012 is the pace of panic: a slow panic still grabs you in the end. Knowing Europe and the various governments there's something out there with the capacity to bring on that feeling.]]></description>
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		<title>Can new leaders end the eurozone debt crisis?</title>
		<link>http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/11/13/can-political-change-in-the-euro-zone-solve-the-debt-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/11/13/can-political-change-in-the-euro-zone-solve-the-debt-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Weeks of political upheaval resulted in both Greece and Italy getting new heads of government. But the replacements will have to face the same difficult economic circumstances that killed the political careers of their former leaders, says <b>Michael S</b>]]></description>
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		<title>What does an interest rate of 7% actually mean for Italy?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/11/10/what-does-an-interest-rate-of-7-actually-mean-for-italy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/11/10/what-does-an-interest-rate-of-7-actually-mean-for-italy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night Italian interest rates hit 7%. If it stays that high it would mean the Italian government would need to come up with an extra €60bn a year–an extra 4.3% of GDP in taxes, says <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>New PM in Italy, but not yet; new PM in Greece, but not yet &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/rundle-new-pm-in-italy-but-not-yet-new-pm-in-greece-but-not-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/09/rundle-new-pm-in-italy-but-not-yet-new-pm-in-greece-but-not-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Papandreou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucas Papademos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Europe remains -- wait for it wait for it -- yes, in crisis today, with the announcement that Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign -- but not yet, and announcements that Greece will soon announce a new prime minister and Cabinet -- but not yet.]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi&#8217;s final week?</title>
		<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/07/silvio-berlusconi-poised-to-fall-in-italy-could-he-come-back.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/07/silvio-berlusconi-poised-to-fall-in-italy-could-he-come-back.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The demise of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi now seems inevitable, writes <b>Barbie Latza Nadeau</b>. But don't count out the sex scandal loving 75-year-old completely, he could make a comeback in the next elections...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A visit to Joyce’s beloved Trieste, the ‘mongrel city’</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/11/07/a-visit-to-joyces-beloved-trieste-the-mongrel-city-of-italy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/11/07/a-visit-to-joyces-beloved-trieste-the-mongrel-city-of-italy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trieste]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Its multi-national melting pot of rulers and ruled arguably explains the reputation of Trieste, Italy as a haven for distinguished exiles, misfits and eccentrics, notably writers and thinkers -- of whom Trieste has hosted its fair share, says <b>Grant Doyle</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Berlusconi sailing in stormy waters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/berlusconi-sailing-in-stormy-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/berlusconi-sailing-in-stormy-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressure is mounting as Silvio Berlusconi is yet to reveal any tangible details of his structural reforms beyond vague promises of asset sell-offs, pension reform and tax breaks to boost employment, writes <b>Jo McKenna</b>, a Rome-based freelance journalist.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Silvio Berlusconi is up to his ears in it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/crikey-says-berlusconi-is-up-to-his-ears-in-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/crikey-says-berlusconi-is-up-to-his-ears-in-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Violent storms sweeping Italy are the least of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's problems.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who sold Gaddafi his guns?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/10/27/who-sold-gaddafi-his-guns-mostly-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/10/27/who-sold-gaddafi-his-guns-mostly-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arms sales to Libya in the five years proceeding the recent conflict came mostly came from European nations, including Italy ($432m), Serbia ($67m), and the UK ($57m), reports <b>NAJ Taylor</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>UNHCR data reveals the shifting burden of asylum seekers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/19/unhcr-data-reveals-the-shifting-burden-of-asylum-seekers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/19/unhcr-data-reveals-the-shifting-burden-of-asylum-seekers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bowen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's easy to be misled by asylum claim figures. The global numbers don't matter as much as where asylum seekers are coming from.]]></description>
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		<title>Eight is enough for Italy, as Berlusconi saga grows</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/silvio-berlusconi-sex-parties-and-bad-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/silvio-berlusconi-sex-parties-and-bad-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Italy has been rocked by shocking new revelations this week about Berlusconi's sexual digressions and political pundits around the world are once again asking themselves how long he can last, writes <b>Josephine McKenna</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/20/silvio-berlusconi-sex-parties-and-bad-polls/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>A week is a long time in politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/24/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/24/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recommend still keeping Julia Gillard's words in your memory bank.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s to blame for the market meltdown?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/whos-to-blame-for-the-market-meltdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/whos-to-blame-for-the-market-meltdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<title>Sunned, stuffed and a little pickled: a trip to Palermo, Sicily</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/07/24/sunned-stuffed-and-a-little-pickled-a-trip-to-palermo-sicily/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/07/24/sunned-stuffed-and-a-little-pickled-a-trip-to-palermo-sicily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palmermo, Sicily, was heavily bombed during WWII but life continues to buzz there, with glorious beaches, markets heaving with fresh produce and walls lined with graffiti art, says <b>Nicola Heath</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nine News apology &#8230; CMail outs Thorpie &#8230; NotW fallout &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/12/media-briefs-nine-news-apology-cmail-outs-thorpie-notw-fallout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/12/media-briefs-nine-news-apology-cmail-outs-thorpie-notw-fallout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media briefs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ian thorpe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[International slip isn't Limited ... Front Page of the Day ... The Department of Corrections ... Courier Mail outs Thorpie ... Life lesson for Michele Bachmann: read the small print if "slavery" appears. ...]]></description>
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		<title>More Bangkok for your polling buck</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/more-bangkok-for-your-polling-buck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/14/more-bangkok-for-your-polling-buck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I have regularly criticised those of my peers who slavishly rely on opinion polls published well before the actual polling day to predict election outcomes but, I'm sorry, I cannot resist this one that appeared at the weekend in the Bangkok Post.]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi prostitution trial kicks off</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/06/silvio-berlusconi-sex-trial-begins</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/06/silvio-berlusconi-sex-trial-begins#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The prostitution trial against Italian PM Silvio "bunga bunga" Berlusconi, in which the prosecution alleges Berlusconi paid an underage woman for sex then used dodgy techniques to try and cover it up, has officially began in Milan, with Berlusconi predicted to emerge victorious. ]]></description>
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		<title>Colvin: How Berlusconi bought his way to power</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/17/3141070.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/17/3141070.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the early 90s, Italy's political institutions were in ruin and power was there fore the taking. <b>Mark Colvin</b>, an ABC journo in Italy during that time, explains how bad boy Berlusconi took control.]]></description>
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		<title>Italy divided over the latest Berlusconi scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/italy-divided-over-the-latest-berlusconi-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/07/italy-divided-over-the-latest-berlusconi-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=201560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[H ow much do Italians really know about what’s happening in their country regarding Silvio Berlusconi? Only one in ten Italians reportedly read a newspaper and Mr Berlusconi fills the three commercial TV channels with dancing girls, writes freelance journalist <b>Jo McKenna</b> from Rome.]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi temporarily out of ardor &#8230; is it curtains?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/berlusconi-temporarily-out-of-ardor-is-it-curtains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/berlusconi-temporarily-out-of-ardor-is-it-curtains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=198047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most riveting dramas in international politics -- that of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- looks as if it might finally be nearing its climax. ]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi&#8217;s drama enters its last act</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/berlusconis-drama-enters-its-last-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/berlusconis-drama-enters-its-last-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although he he survived a vote of confidence on Tuesday, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that Berlusconi's career is drawing towards a close. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can Silvio Berlusconi survive as Italian PM?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/15/crikey-clarifier-can-silvio-berlusconi-survive-as-italian-pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/15/crikey-clarifier-can-silvio-berlusconi-survive-as-italian-pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noted Italian political expert Gaetano Rando describes the lawmaking of his homeland as "fairly fluid". So much so it almost washed the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi out of office overnight amid rising anger over the rule of the very-rich Lothario. <em>Crikey</em> seeks clarification.]]></description>
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		<title>Errr, what&#8217;s a Berlusconi bunga bunga?</title>
		<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2274429/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slate.com/id/2274429/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=185280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reports of orgies at Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's villa -- dubbed <em>bunga bunga</em> sessions by Berlusconi -- has thrilled the Italian press. The term supposedly come from Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi. But what does <em>bunga bunga</em> mean?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Burqa ban is a mass displacement</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/rundle-burqa-ban-is-a-mass-displacement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/29/rundle-burqa-ban-is-a-mass-displacement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is a burqa now offensive and its opposite -- the bikini, which used to be banned in NSW -- now acceptable? Now Italy is talking about a burqa ban.]]></description>
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