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Ever since Silvio Berlusconi took office five years ago, the waters of Italian politics have been poisoned by attacks launched by and leveled at the controversial Prime Minister. So it's not surprising that the billionaire leader's bid for re-election against center-left rival Romano Prodi is turning toxic. Berlusconi, 69, is trailing in the polls. After a lackluster showing in the first of two televised debates, Berlusconi has sought to revive his prospects with fresh shots of venom. Last week, he stole headlines after exploding onstage at a conference of Italy's leading industrialists. The Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Showdown in Italy | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

...home of greatest empire that ever was; if it can be done anywhere, it can be done in Italy, where la vita é bella. But as it turns out, this also applies to politics. Despite the country’s precarious socioeconomic status, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi keeps doing anything and everything he wants in extreme ways that politicians elsewhere would never dare—the Italian way. The year I was born, the Italian recovery from the ashes of World War II reached its climax. And, no, I am not referring to my actual birth. In 1987, with...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, | Title: Italians Do It Better | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

...SILVIO BERLUSCONI...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brother, Where Art Thou? | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

According to Forbes, Berlusconi's $12 billion fortune makes him the world's 25th richest person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brother, Where Art Thou? | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

...Berlusconi has owned the losing side, A.C. Milan, since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brother, Where Art Thou? | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

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