Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was severely defeated in regional elections (3-4 April).
According to the first estimations, Mr Berlusconi's centre-right coalition appears to have lost at least nine of the 13 "key" regions at stake, and six of the eight regions it controlled.
This would give Romano Prodi's opposing coalition power between 13-15 of the 20 Italian regions.
The centre-left coalition also obtained more overall votes (52.3 per cent) than the centre-right...
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