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12/14/10

Italy: Clashes in Rome after Berlusconi wins vote of confidence

Protesters set cars alight and hurled cobblestones at police in chaotic scenes in central Rome after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a crucial confidence vote in parliament.

Berlusconi won with a razor-thin majority, as 314 politicians voted in his favour with 311 against and two abstentions in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies lower house.

Police fired tear gas and hit protesters with truncheons in some of Rome's most tourist-heavy streets. At least five protesters were seen being taken away by police and several could be seen with blood running down their faces.

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