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04-11-2006, 01:51 PM
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060411/D8GTUFSO5.html
Prodi Wins; Berlusconi Not Conceding Yet
ROME (AP) - Challenger Romano Prodi's center-left coalition won the Italian parliamentary election, official results showed Tuesday, but Conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to concede defeat.
"This is a profoundly European result, and as I said, Europe will be the center of the policy of my government," Prodi said, also promising "constructive relations with the United States."
Prodi was strongly opposed to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, while Berlusconi supported Washington and sent 3,000 troops after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.
Prodi Wins; Berlusconi Not Conceding Yet
ROME (AP) - Challenger Romano Prodi's center-left coalition won the Italian parliamentary election, official results showed Tuesday, but Conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to concede defeat.
"This is a profoundly European result, and as I said, Europe will be the center of the policy of my government," Prodi said, also promising "constructive relations with the United States."
Prodi was strongly opposed to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, while Berlusconi supported Washington and sent 3,000 troops after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.