Word: berlusconis
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...their detractors, Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (left) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (right) are crony capitalists who bully their opposition and the media. To their supporters, they're men of action, a welcome contrast to ineffective leaders of the past. Now, however, both have problems: Thaksin faces street protests demanding he resign over the $1.87 billion sale of his family's Shin Corp. media empire, while Fininvest media mogul Berlusconi, trailing in the polls before Italy's April 9-10 election, is accused of conspiring to give false testimony in a corruption case against him. They have other...
...answer of Berlusconi the businessman is, try to earn more." SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Italy's Prime Minister and richest citizen, after being asked in a TV interview what the government could do to help low-income workers...
...Judicial battles - much like his continued control of a billion-dollar media empire, his loose tongue in diplomatic circles and even his recent hair replacement surgery - have helped set Berlusconi apart from most comparatively colorless Western leader. His supporters say the debonair, center-right politician has revolutionized the perennially gray world of Italian politics, carving out an influential role for his country on the world stage thanks to his rapport with the likes of Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair. His opponents, by sharp contrast, say Berlusconi puts democracy at risk with his myriad conflicts of interest and perennial...
...Still, Italians are likely to barely notice the latest courtroom tussle. In a country where guilt is always relative, politicians tend to stick around through even the thickest mud. And most voters have long ago made up their minds that Berlusconi is either a crook or the victim of blood-thirsty prosecutors who want to usurp power from a democratically elected leader. The timing, so close to Berlusconi?s showdown with former European Commission President Romano Prodi, may actually help Berlusconi by convincing some of the relatively few undecided voters that there is indeed a political motive for the investigations...
...There may actually be more of a fallout in Great Britain, where Mills has just recently separated from his wife, British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, and has lately appeared despondent as the pressure from the case has been building. It's a far cry from the always image-conscious Berlusconi, who would remind the lawyer that it?s not what they say about you, it?s how you good you look while they're saying...