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    November 07, 2011

Berlusconi Increasingly Pressured to Resign

   VOA News
   Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Oct. 13, 2011.
   Photo: REUTERS
   Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (file)

   Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is under increasing pressure
   to resign, as allies leave his majority coalition ahead of Tuesday's
   key parliamentary vote.
   With Berlusconi's majority in question, officials wonder if he can pass
   financial legislation key to securing European monetary assistance.
   Rumors that Berlusconi would resign sent Italian markets upwards
   Monday. The prime minister quickly denied the rumors.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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