Word: italia
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...transition," 2005 would usher in the country's long-awaited economic turnaround. He was so confident, in fact, that you'd never know he'd just survived a year of crisis. Last June, with the economy sagging, voters gave him a bloody nose in European elections - his Forza Italia party collected just 21% of the vote. Soon after, Marco Follini, the wily Christian Democratic leader, threatened to withdraw his party from Berlusconi's coalition. Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti's forced resignation in July fired the hopes of opposition leaders even more. The bluster and bravado that had helped keep Berlusconi...
...hours before a Palermo court brought some rain by convicting Berlusconi's longtime confidant Marcello Dell'Utri of colluding with the Mafia, and sentenced him to nine years in prison. Dell'Utri was a key executive for Berlusconi's business empire and helped form the Prime Minister's Forza Italia party; he will appeal the verdict. Berlusconi wasn't implicated in the case, but the verdict is a blow...
...result Premier Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fáil tumbled to its worst showing in 80 years, marring the government's six-month term as E.U. President Italy Small parties left and right gained; those in PM Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government instantly demanded more power Berlusconi's Forza Italia slipped, but rival Romano Prodi's center-left coalition disappointed, too Netherlands Antiwar, pro-reform voters boosted the opposition left and whistle-blower Paul van Buitenen's Transparent Europe bloc PM Jan-Peter Balkenende's center-right coalition suffered for supporting the Iraq war, losing five seats Poland Low turnout...
DIED. MARCO PANTANI, 34, flamboyant Italian cycling champion beset by allegations of performance-enhancing substance use; of an apparent drug overdose; in Rimini, Italy. Nicknamed Elefantino, or Dumbo, for his big ears, he won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a rare feat...
...small compared to the major networks, but they do contain a fabulous little secret: nearly half of the audience for GAY-TV is straight. "We do not want to create gay programs, but programs that come from a gay point of view," says the channel's director, Francesco Italia. "If we do something funny, everyone wants to laugh. If we talk about emotions, that's something everybody knows about. Some people may turn on GAY-TV and ask, 'Where are the homosexuals?' That's because they're used to seeing the images of gays on regular TV and they always...