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People celebrate with an Italian flag in Rome on Nov. 12, 2011, after Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned. (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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Senator Mario Monti, waiting for his wife at Rome's Termini station Thursday, is widely considered to be the top choice for the Italian premiership, now that Silvio Berlusconi has pledged to resign soon. Mr. Monti met with President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday night in what his office described as a "courtesy visit." (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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Mr. Berlusconi attends a voting session at the lower chamber on Tuesday. Mr. Berlusconi won a much-watched vote Tuesday, but the result laid bare his lack of support in parliament as financial pressure from the eurozone debt crisis pummeled Italy. (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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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi looks on after speaking in the lower chamber of parliament in Rome on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi jokes with lawmakers during a confidence vote in Rome on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi leaves a tribunal in Milan, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi sits in the lower chamber to attend a confidence vote, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, flanked by Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, reacts after addressing the Parliament on the state of the economy in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "The high turnout for the referendums demonstrates that the desire of citizens to participate in the decisions about our future cannot be ignored," Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said. Final results showed overwhelming majorities of those casting ballots chose to throw out two laws to privatize the water supply, kill a law reviving nuclear energy and undo the so-called "legitimate impediment" law offering the Italian leader a partial legal shield in criminal prosecutions.
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A woman holds a placard with the words "Magistrates, don't give up, we are with you" during a protest outside a courthouse in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The trial of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up was adjourned shortly after it opened in Milan on Wednesday. Berlusconi did not attend the hearing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he leaves the tribunal in Milan, Italy, Monday, March 28, 2011. Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance Monday at a court hearing in Milan for a tax fraud case that he dismissed as groundless and ridiculous. Berlusconi waved to a crowd of reporters and supporters from inside a black sedan as he entered the courthouse for the closed-door hearing. Prosecutors allege fraud in the sale of film rights by his Mediaset company. The Italian leader has a history of legal woes but has rarely showed up in court. He has always denied wrongdoing and denounced what he says are left-leaning magistrates intent on hurting him politically. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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A demonstrator holds a pan cover with a picture of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi behind bars during a protest in Rome on Saturday, Feb.12, 2011. Protesters are demanding Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A group of women hold a poster with a photo of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi behind bars during a protest in Milan, Italy, on Sunday. Thousands of women turned out in 200 Italian cities to denounce what they say is Mr. Berlusconi's debasing of women. Prosecutors want to try Mr. Berlusconi for allegedly paying a 17-year-old Moroccan girl for sex. Paying for prostitution with a minor is a crime in Italy. Mr. Berlusconi and the teenager have denied the allegation.
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Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a press conference following a cabinet meeting at Rome's Chigi palace, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Italian prosecutors requested Wednesday that Berlusconi stand trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan and then used his influence to try to cover it up. He called the action against him "disgusting'' and "a farce.'' (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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** FILE ** In this on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, file photo, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi listens during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not pictured, during the 28th government consultations of both nations at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Shane McMillan, File)
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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, wearing a worker's helmet, takes a tour of the construction site of a new hall for high speed trains, during its inauguration at Rome's Tiburtina train station, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandro Di Meo, pool)
