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After nine months as Italy's Prime Minister, Romano Prodi steps down (Photo: EUobserver)

Prodi steps down over foreign policy dispute

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed in his resignation after senators from the ruling coalition parties voted down his plans to expand a US airbase in northern Italy and keep Italian troops with NATO forces in Afghanistan.

The country's president Georgio Napolitano is scheduled on Thursday (22 February) to hold a round of crisis talks with political leaders and decide whether to call new elections or ask Mr Prodi to stay in power.

The Italian centre-left leader indicate...

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After nine months as Italy's Prime Minister, Romano Prodi steps down (Photo: EUobserver)

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