Italy

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Luxembourg's prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker (right), speaks with Italian Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mario Monti at the EU Council building in Brussels. The 17 finance ministers of euro-using countries met Tuesday in a bid to save their currency and to protect the rest of the global economy from a debt-induced financial tsunami. (Associated Press)

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European Commissioner for the Economy Olli Rehn (left) is greeted by Italian Premier Mario Monti as they meet at Chigi's Premier palace in Rome on Nov. 25, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Students clash with police during a demonstration in Milan, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2011. University students protested in Milan and Rome against budget cuts and a lack of jobs, hours before new Italian Premier Mario Monti reveals his anti-crisis strategy in Parliament. (Associated Press)

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (left) receives a small bell from former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the swearing-in ceremony at the prime minister's office at Chigi Palace in Rome on Wednesday. The bell is used by the prime minister to call attention during Cabinet meetings. (Associated Press)

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (left) receives a small bell from former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the swearing-in ceremony at the prime minister's office at Chigi Palace in Rome on Wednesday. The bell is used by the prime minister to call attention during Cabinet meetings. (Associated Press)

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Italy's new premier-designate Mario Monti addresses the media at the Senate in Rome on Nov. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti leaves the hotel to start talks with parties' representatives in Rome on Nov. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi leaves the Quirinale Presidential Palace after meeting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome, Saturday, Nov.12, 2011. Berlusconi resigned after the Parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. (AP Photo / Roberto Monaldo)

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusoni waves to journalists as he leaves the Quirinale presidential palace, after meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Roberto Monaldo, LaPresse)

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An international crew of researchers - from left, Alexey Sitev of Russia, Romain Charles of France, Suhrob Kamolov of Russia, Alexander Smoleevskiy of Russia, Diego Urbina of Italy/Colombia and Wang Yue of China - gives a thumbs-up after a 520-day simulation of a flight to Mars, in Moscow on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Demonstrators with placards celebrate as they learn the results of a voting session at the lower chamber in Rome on Tuesday. The placards feature a picture of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and say: "Your most beautiful gift: your resignation." (Associated Press)

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (center), flanked by Interior Minister Roberto Maroni (left) and Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi, attends a voting session in the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament's lower house, in Rome on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Douglas Williams, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Benedict XVI and Rabbi David Rosen look on as a person holds a dove prior to releasing it during a peace meeting in front of the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, central Italy, on Thursday. (Associated Press)