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Italy crisis: Berlusconi U-turn on confidence vote
Source: BBC
Ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi has performed a U-turn in an Italian no-confidence vote and says he will now support the government.
It was Berlusconi's demand that five ministers from his centre-right People of Freedom party (PDL) leave the government that had brought the vote.
But it became clear that several of his senators would vote for the government.
PM Enrico Letta had earlier said that if he were defeated in the vote it might prove fatal for Italy.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24367509
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