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Other members of Mr Berlusconi's centre-right ruling bloc appeared angry at Mr Prodi's declaration of victory.

"This is intolerable. What is this? A coup? It reminds me of South America. Auto proclamation (of victory) is constitutionally illegitimate," Industry Minister Claudio Scajola said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4897994.stm

It seems some people have a hard time seeing the difference between an Italy ruled by a former P2 member and South America. Scajola should be very careful about invoking such words. ;)

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by Starvid on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 08:09:23 AM EST

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