<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Silvio Berlusconi: News &amp; Videos about Silvio Berlusconi - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Silvio_Berlusconi</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Silvio Berlusconi from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:57:44 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Silvio Berlusconi: News &amp; Videos about Silvio Berlusconi - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Silvio_Berlusconi</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Silvio Berlusconi from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Analysis: Berlusconi trial exposes legal flaws</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/17/italy.berlusconi.trial.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/17/italy.berlusconi.trial.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With his signature showmanship and swagger, Silvio Berlusconi opened a U.N. 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his father was "always there for me."</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi: I don't really like my job</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he governs Italy out of a sense of duty and sacrifice, not because he enjoys the job.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy denies report it 'paid off' Taliban to protect its troops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/italy.taliban.payments/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/italy.taliban.payments/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied Thursday that payments to the Taliban in Afghanistan were authorized to protect Italian soldiers deployed there.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court overturns Berlusconi's immunity law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/07/italy.berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/07/italy.berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italy's top court has overturned a law that shielded Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from possible prosecution.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court to rule on Berlusconi's immunity law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/06/italy.berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/06/italy.berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italy's flamboyant Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will soon learn whether a controversial law granting top officials immunity from prosecution will remain on the books, after the country's top court heard 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Berlusconi talking with an escort at the center of a corruption probe.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi: 'I've never paid a woman'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/24/berlusconi.prostitution.denial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/24/berlusconi.prostitution.denial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refuted allegations that he paid prostitutes to attend parties he hosted at his various homes.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paper prints alleged Berlusconi party pics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/05/berlusconi.spain.photos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/05/berlusconi.spain.photos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Spanish newspaper Friday published what it said are five exclusive photographs of racy 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marriage, Italian news agencies reported Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi praised despite quake gaffe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/09/italy.quake.berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/09/italy.quake.berlusconi/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's energetic response to Monday's earthquake has been generally praised despite his comparison of the ordeal of survivors staying in emergency tents to a camping weekend.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen Elizabeth's anger at Berlusconi a YouTube hit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/03/queen.elizabeth.berlusconi.youtube/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/03/queen.elizabeth.berlusconi.youtube/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Queen Elizabeth II has 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EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Italian Row Over Insult to Patriotism</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825385,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825385,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A minister's obscene gesture, aimed at the national anthem, could threaten Berlusconi's coalition government</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi claims trash victory</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/naples.trash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/naples.trash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For years, it's been a national embarrassment. 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votes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/13/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/13/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italians began voting Sunday in snap general elections that could bring the return of a familiar face in Italian politics: former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Showman Berlusconi woos back voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/11/italy.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italians will go to the polls Sunday and Monday for general elections that could bring the return of a familiar face in Italian politics: former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy elections may see Berlusconi 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April</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi demands early elections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/29/italy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/29/italy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi has told Italy's president that only early elections can end the political crisis sparked by the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi last week. </description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>World Soccer: How Berlusconi changed Italian soccer forever</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/world_soccer/11/27/berlusconi.milan/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/world_soccer/11/27/berlusconi.milan/index.html</guid><description>Roman Abramovich has a long way to go before he can even come within a mile of the achievements and status of Silvio Berlusconi.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy crisis talks as Prodi quits</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/22/italy.vote/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/22/italy.vote/index.html</guid><description>Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is holding crisis talks with political leaders to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can continue to lead a government or must be replaced.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi hands in resignation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/02/italy.vote/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/02/italy.vote/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has handed in his resignation, but with his elected successor facing an extended wait before forming a new government, the country's policital 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the claim.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy votes after bitter campaign</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/09/italy.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/09/italy.elections/index.html</guid><description>Italians began voting Sunday in parliamentary elections following an often-volatile political campaign by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his opponent, Romano Prodi.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Emperor of TV</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374391/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374391/index.htm</guid><description>One evening this winter the Italian talk-show host Enrico Mentana played a clip for his guest, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in which Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni mocked Berlusconi's fiv... </description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi 'tried to dissuade Bush on Iraq' </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/31/berlusconi.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/31/berlusconi.iraq/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a staunch U.S. ally on the war with Iraq, says he tried to steer U.S. President George W. 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Bush had a "long and cordial" telephone conversation about the killing of an Italian intelligence agent by American soldiers in Iraq, according to Berlusconi's office.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 14:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Berlusconi government approved</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/28/italy.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/28/italy.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary approval for a new government, ending a week-long political crisis that followed an embarrassing defeat in regional elections.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi wins confidence vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/27/italy.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/27/italy.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a confidence vote in the lower house of Italian parliament.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy PM, Rumsfeld: Shooting inquiry not complete</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/26/italy.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/26/italy.iraq/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday disputed a report that an investigation into the shooting death of an Italian security agent and the wounding of a former hostage in Iraq had exonerated U.S. troops.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentagon: Soldiers not at fault in Italian's death</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/25/iraq.italian.decision/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/25/iraq.italian.decision/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. military investigation has cleared American troops of any wrongdoing in the shooting death last month of an Italian security agent in Baghdad, according to a senior Pentagon official.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi forms new government</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/23/italy.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/23/italy.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>Silvio Berlusconi, who resigned from the Italian prime ministership three days ago, was sworn in Saturday as the next leader of a new government.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi asked to form government</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/italy.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/italy.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said the country's president has asked him to form a new government.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy PM upbeat on coalition talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/21/italy.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/21/italy.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>Italy's acting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he expects to have a new cabinet list ready by Friday although some problems remain.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi resigns amid crisis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/20/italy.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/20/italy.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>Caught in a political crisis and facing a vote of no confidence in the Senate, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has handed in his resignation to Italian President Carlo Ciampi after telling senators he planned to form a new government 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elections last week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush repeats Italian death regret</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/bush.berlusconi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/bush.berlusconi/index.html</guid><description>U.S. President George W. 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Berlusconi.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italian 'unity' as two women held</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.italians/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.italians/index.html</guid><description>Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called a crisis meeting and urged a united front in the face of the kidnapping of two Italian women working for an aid organization in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlusconi wins confidence vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/28/italy.confidence.vote/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/28/italy.confidence.vote/index.html</guid><description>Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has survived yet another a vote of confidence in his government, successfully gambling on a bid to bring his bickering coalition into line.</description><pubDate>Wed, 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