The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, will stay in hospital for at least one more day after being hit in the face when a statuette of Milan cathedral was thrown at him during a political rally yesterday.A medical bulletin issued by the San Raffaele hospital in Milan confirmed that Berlusconi sustained a broken nose and two broken teeth.It said he was taking antibiotics and painkillers because the pain was "persistent" and he was having difficulty eating.His personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, said surgery would not be necessary but Berlusconi would remain in hospital until at least tomorrow.The attack happened as the 73-year-old Italian leader signed autographs and greeted the crowd outside the cathedral.
The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, will stay in hospital for at least one more day after being hit in the face when a statuette of Milan cathedral was thrown at him during a political rally yesterday.
A medical bulletin issued by the San Raffaele hospital in Milan confirmed that Berlusconi sustained a broken nose and two broken teeth.
It said he was taking antibiotics and painkillers because the pain was "persistent" and he was having difficulty eating.
His personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, said surgery would not be necessary but Berlusconi would remain in hospital until at least tomorrow.
The attack happened as the 73-year-old Italian leader signed autographs and greeted the crowd outside the cathedral.
... One of Mr. Berlusconi's most fierce critics, Ezio Mauro, the editor of La Repubblica, wrote that the country had to unite against the spectre of the political violence that plagued Italy in previous decades. "Friends and adversaries, supporters and opponents, need today to show solidarity with the prime minister -- as we do -- without any differentiation," Mr. Mauro wrote. "And they must build a wall against the insanity of this gesture, first and foremost because it is extremely serious in itself and also because it can foster the kind of tragic period that we have already tried and tested, during the worst years of our lives." ...
Grazie, Google Translate. La Chine dorme. Laisse la dormir. Quand la Chine s'éveillera, le monde tremblera.
