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4/11/06

Los Angeles Times: Prodi Beats Berlusconi in Italy's Tight Race - by Tracy Wilkinson,

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Prodi Beats Berlusconi in Italy's Tight Race- by Tracy Wilkinson

The center-left coalition led by economist Romano Prodi narrowly won both houses of the Italian parliament in hotly contested national elections, official tallies showed Tuesday, but Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to concede defeat. Prodi and his coalition won by margins so minuscule that nagging questions remain about whether the center-left will have the political capital to govern and enact crucial economic reforms.

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