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	Italy
		After the decline and fall of the empire, Italy was divided into a number of large and small states, but it continued to occupy a place of leadership in commerce, on both land and sea, and in the arts.
		Italy is a mountainous country, dominated by two large mountain systems the Alps in the north and the Apennines throughout the peninsula.
		The regions of southern Italy are Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria.
	itc3.tripod.com /italy.htm (11038 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Italian Parliament
		Senate elections were held under a system in which three-quarters of the seats were filled in single-member constituencies, provided the winning candidate received at least sixty-five percent of the constituency vote; this requirement did not apply to the Valle d'Aosta Senate seat election, which was carried out by plurality voting.
		In the election, held on April 21, 1996, the Olive Tree secured a narrow majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and a somewhat larger majority in the Senate.
		Chamber seats in Italy proper are subsequently distributed among twenty-six multi-member districts - the same districts used under the previous electoral system - following a set of complex procedures designed to insure that seats are filled in all districts without changing the nationwide distribution of seats or the apportionment of seats among districts.
	electionresources.org /it (3286 words)

	Elections in Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Italy elects, on national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses, the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) (630 members) and the Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) (315 elected members, plus a few senators for life).
		Municipal elections in Italy, 2006 (To be held on May 28 and 29, 2006)
		Regional Election of Basilicata, April 17 and 18, 2005
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Italy (271 words)

	Italy Blum Killing Hope
		Pressing domestic needs in Italy, such as agricultural and economic reform, the absence of which produced abysmal extremes of wealth and poverty, were not to be the issues of the day.
		To counter Communist charges in Italy that negroes in the United States were denied opportunities, the VOA broadcast the story of a negro couple who had made a fortune in the junk business and built a hospital for their people in Oklahoma City.
		The Italian-American Committee for Free Elections in Italy held a rally to denounce the propaganda blitz, declaring that "Thousands of Americans of Italian origin feel deeply humiliated by the continuous flow of suggestions, advice and pressure put on the Italians, as though they were unable to decide for themselves whom to elect."{14}
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Blum/Italy_WBlum.html (4279 words)

	Italian Elections - Turkish Press
		Some 700,000 blank, spoiled and contested ballots cast in Italy`s hard-fought senatorial elections in April are to be recounted in seven of the country`s 20 regions, a Senate parliamentary committee said.
		Italy`s supreme court was expected to give the final word on the closest elections in the country`s living memory, won last week by centre-left leader Romano Prodi, according to provisional results.
		Italy is heading into a second week of uncertainty with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi still refusing to recognize his leftist rival Romano Prodi`s narrow victory in last week`s general election.
	www.turkishpress.com /specials/Italian_Elections (659 words)

	General and senatorial elections in Italy
		In effect Italy has the lowest growth rate in the Euro Zone and indeed of all the industrialised countries (0% in 2005, versus 1.3% in the Euro Zone); its public debt is rising (107% of the GDP).
		The primary elections were a true success rallying more people than any of the parties had originally forecast since 4,311,139 individuals voted (the leftwing parties had expected between 500,000 and 600,000) and the 9,731 polling stations had to extend their closing time from 22:00 to 23:00 in order to receive all of the voters.
		The royal family had been banned from Italy by the Republic for 57 years due to the support given by King Victor-Emmanuel III (grandfather of the Prince of Naples) to the Benito Mussolini's fascist regime.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/italie/legislatives/default.htm (3371 words)

	City Mayors: Italian local elections 2006
		Italy’s thriving system of local democracy represents something of a triumph for both federalism and localism, with its post-war republican constitution recognising its autonomy and promoting decentralisation throughout.
		It could be said that Italy’s regions simultaneously bind and fragment the country due to inherent tensions within the system, most notably advanced by the secessionist party Lega Nord.
		However, Italy was one of the last states in Europe to embark upon nation-building and belatedly consolidated the various tiny states and papal entities in 1861 and its fragmented nature can be traced back throughout the ages.
	www.citymayors.com /politics/italy_election06.html (1045 words)

	Elections in Italy: An End to The Silvio Show? \| The Agonist
		That is the rule in many democracies but not so in Italy which during the Cold War trod a middle path between the fascist legacy of dictator Benito Mussolini and the anti-capitalist ideals of Western Europe's biggest communist party.
		Reuters - A campaign flout fell over Italy on Saturday on the eve of general elections, silencing the candidates, and giving the nation a respite from the ugliest electoral battle in living memory.
		Berlusconi, Italy's richest man, is embroiled in legal entanglements stemming from his vast business empire including the country's largest private TV network, a publishing conglomerate, insurance companies and department stores.
	agonist.org /20060407/elections_in_italy_an_end_to_the_silvio_show (1893 words)

	CNN - Leftist coalition leading in Italian Senate race - April 21, 1996
		With 81 percent of the vote counted from Italy's general elections, the Olive Tree coalition had 41.5 percent of the vote for the 315-seat upper house.
		Counting of votes cast for the election for the 630-member Chamber of Deputies (lower house) was to begin when the Senate count was completed.
		Sunday's election was called in February after parties in parliament failed to reach an accord to work together on far-reaching reforms to Italy's electoral system and government.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9604/21/italy.elections (548 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Italy in two minds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Italy's centre-left coalition under Romano Prodi has emerged as the winner of both houses of parliament in one of the country's most dramatic and close election contests held on 9 and 10 April.
		In the upper house of parliament or the Senate, the margin of victory is 159 against 156 for Prodi's coalition thanks in great part to the votes of the 1.1 million Italians living abroad.
		But Italy's continued economic malaise and lack of confidence in Berlusconi's government's ability to revive the economy have been strong factors in determining the indecisive outcome of the vote.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2006/790/in1.htm (1038 words)

	General and senatorial elections in Italy
		In Italy, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have equivalent powers and a majority in both Chambers was therefore required in order to be in a position to govern.
		The night of the elections was full of turnarounds and all the parties planned were cancelled.
		The left-wing victory does not therefore stop these elections as being seen as a half-failure for the leader of the opposition forces, Romano Prodi, who was eight points ahead of his rival in all polls only five months ago.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/italie/legislatives/resultat.htm (2205 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Italy
		Election officials say more than 83 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot.
		National elections in Italy are normally held every five years, although the president can ask the prime minister to move up the date.
		The economy: Berlusconi had promised to bring Italy economic growth, but the economy has expanded by an average of only 0.8 per cent a year since he assumed office in 2001.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/italy (1380 words)

	Cisco on the Ground: Elections in Italy for the parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cisco on the Ground: Elections in Italy for the parliament
		Italy is the only country where exists something similar..
		That's Italy in the mirror of the critic...
	cisco.nomadlife.org /2006/04/elections-in-italy-for-parliament.html (963 words)

	ELECTIONS-ITALY: Razor-Thin Victory Means Weak New Government
		Election results released the night after polls closed Monday reveal a deep cleavage, with the two main coalitions' vote tallies dead even.
		The political uncertainty arising from the elections represents the worst scenario for the Italian economy.
		In the dying moments of the election drama, Berlusconi's government won a bonus point: stealing front-page news away from the elections on Tuesday was the capture of an alleged mafia boss, Bernardo Provenzano, who was on Italy's most-wanted lists for more than four decades.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=32859 (1142 words)

	Prodi's coalition scores key victories in Italian local elections - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		ROME Prime Minister Romano Prodi's center-left coalition scored big victories in Italy's local elections, comfortably passing its first test at the ballot box since its narrow victory in the general election last month.
		Among four big cities where mayoral elections were held, the center-left easily kept control of Rome, Turin and Naples, final results showed Tuesday.
		Prodi needed a good showing in the local elections to counter assertions by Berlusconi that his narrow victory in the April elections had been the result of irregularities during the vote.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/30/news/italy.php (616 words)

	Italy: The Threat to the General Elections
		The upcoming general elections in Italy, scheduled for April 9, present a perfect opportunity for Islamic militants to disrupt the Italian political process and destabilize a key U.S. ally by staging a massive terrorist attack.
		Although Italy's secret services have avoided disclosing the sources of their information, the Italian media has identified some elements that may well be among those scrutinized closely by intelligence analysts.
		Mamour had already warned Italy last July, immediately after the London bombings, that terrorist attacks were likely to be attempted in 2006 since Italy was "next in line" among the supporters of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
	www.jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369908 (1437 words)

	Italy
		Italy has a fair number of web pages, but unfortunately most are in Italian.
		Economic reforms and adjustments which Italy still has to tackle before joining the EMU [Note: They did it.] Part of "Surveys: Country" The Economist.
		"Italy: Unseemly, unending," The Economist, 4 December 1999.
	www.iup.edu /politicalscience/COURSES/ps280/H-italy1.htm (791 words)

	ITALY: parliamentary elections Senato della Repubblica, 2001
		Elections were held for all the seats in the Senate on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		In an unexpected reversal of his previous intention not to be a candidate in the elections, outgoing Prime Minister Giuliano Amato announced that he would stand for election to the Senate in his home town of Grosseto in Tuscany.
		The candidature of Mr Berlusconi, the leader of the right-wing coalition the House of Freedoms, reported to be one of the world's richest men, stoked controversy over the undue political advantage his dominant position in Italy's communications industry gave him.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2158_01.htm (549 words)

	Spy Who Corrupted Italy's Elections Dies
		The Christian Democrats won the elections by a comfortable margin and formed a government that excluded the Communists.
		The C.I.A.'s practice of buying political clout was repeated in every Italian election for the next 24 years, and the agency's political influence in Rome lasted a generation, declassified records show.
		He worked as a liaison aide with South Vietnam's spies at the Saigon station in 1968 and 1969; at the C.I.A.'s New York base, focusing on the United Nations, from 1970 to 1972; and as chief of station in Luxembourg from 1972 to 1975.
	www.rohan.sdsu.edu /~rgibson/spycorrupteditaly.htm (389 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Mafia turns to 3G video phones
		The elections are seen as an important political test for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government as the outcome could affect the stability of centre-right coalition.
		Mafia groups have traditionally tried to influence elections in Italy to hold some sway over successful candidates.
		The gangsters are now adopting 21st century technology to affect the outcome of forthcoming regional elections by using video phones.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/technology/3033551.stm (458 words)

	Kylie in Italy: Elections & Berlusconi
		But none-the-less, the political shenanigans in Italy captured my attention, and I feel quite warranted to put my two pennies in about the outcome of the recent election.
		I read an article in the Economist, the week leading up to the election, and it was titled 'Basta Berlusconi', and went on to list the million and one reasons why Italy needed to get rid of him.
		The election aftermath was filled with reports of Berlusconi alleging Prodi rigged the election.
	www.lifeinitaly.com /kylie/elections.asp (358 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Berlusconi demands ballot review
		Mr Prodi, who rejected Mr Berlusconi's suggestion of forming a grand coalition, was declared official winner of the parliamentary election after an extremely close race.
		The interior ministry insists the results must still be confirmed by Italy's highest court, and that parliament's election committees would have to rule on any challenges.
		He dismissed concerns that the vote had left Italy split in two, saying that it was not "particular" to Italy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4902738.stm (613 words)

	Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
		The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
		Adam Carr's Electoral Archive has complete (ie, seat by seat) federal elections statistics from 1901 (federation) to the present, and statistics for all Australian state elections since 1990.
		National Electoral Committee has information in English on the Parliamentary Elections of 1995 and 1999, and the local elections of 1996, plus an overview of elections from 1989-1996.
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm (1400 words)

	Italy 1947-1948 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Voice of America daily broadcasts into Italy were sharply increased, highlighting news of American assistance or gestures of friendship to Italy.
		President Truman chose a month before the election as the time to transfer 29 merchant ships to the Italian government as a "gesture of friendship and confidence in a democratic Italy".
		Two weeks later, the United States gave Italy $4.3 million as the first payment on wages due to 60,000 former Italian war prisoners in the US who had worked "voluntarily" for the Allied cause.
	members.aol.com /bblum6/italy1.htm (4258 words)

	OSCE Press release - ODIHR to assess parliamentary elections in Italy
		A team of election experts from nine OSCE countries, led by Peter Eicher (USA), will assess the implementation of a new election system, introduced last December.
		The assessment mission will also monitor media coverage of the election by major public and private broadcast networks, analyze the legal framework for the election, the political campaign, the work of the election administration at central and regional levels, as well as the complaints and appeals process.
		No systematic election day observation of polling station procedures is envisaged.
	www.osce.org /item/18358.html (210 words)

	POLITICS-ITALY: Elections Bring New Hope for Migrants
		Experts have pointed out that the law does not reflect the reality of thousands of immigrants already working illegally in Italy, and the opposition parties highlighted this as evidence that the Bossi-Fini law has been a failure.
		Their immigration platform is based on a "start from scratch" approach, that includes repeal of the Bossi-Fini law, consistent and organic regulation of the right to asylum, laws defending religious faith and freedom, and the right to cast administrative votes as the first steps to build true integration.
		As things now stand, they cannot vote in general elections, but in a sign of the growing importance attached to immigrant's voices, they do have representatives on the city councils, who participate actively in political decisions even if they cannot cast votes.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=32824 (1160 words)

	ITALY: parliamentary elections Senato della Repubblica, 1994
		Elections were held for all the elective seats in Parliament following the premature dissolution of this body on 16 January 1994.
		Previous general elections had taken place in April 1992.
		Ciampi to continue as head of a caretaker administration; the March election date was then set.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2158_94.htm (385 words)

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