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Rome Riots After Berlusconi Vote

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Prime Minister wins narrow confidence vote.

It's a great day for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who won a vote of confidence Tuesday, eking out a 314-311 victory. But outside on the streets of Rome, tens of thousands of protesters clashed with police men in violent ritos. Things may have been even rowdier in parliament, where a fight broke out among politicians. Among the parliamentarians who voted against Berlusconi were three pregnant women in the last stages of pregnancy. One of them arrived in an ambulance.

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