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Having forced the situation to a vote probably makes it more difficult for Napolitano to find consensus for a caretaker government to usher in a badly needed electoral reform before going back to the polls. A vote without altering the current system will most likely produce a similary fragile majority, regardless of which side wins. Indeed Prodi was on the verge of a government crisis for nearly his entire 20-month reign. The former economics professor had similarly been pushed from power in 1998, after having beaten Berlusconi two years earlier...
...vote in the Lower House of Parliament, but unless he receives unexpected support in the Senate from the center-right opposition - led by his nemesis, Silvio Berlusconi - it looks like "ciao-ciao" for Prodi. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano could call for immediate elections, or assign a caretaker government to usher in a new electoral law and other much-needed reforms. Most pundits predict that the next national showdown at the polls will feature Berlusconi against Rome's mayor and leader of the newly formed Democratic party, Walter Veltroni. But already Tuesday, Italian dailies were speculating that Prodi would...
...Robinson urged attendees to "open ourselves to new ways of thinking," and "to find a way to communicate that is humble." And Jordan's Queen Noor insisted that "there is a fundamental, common humanity that towers above our differences." But there was skepticism about whether the worthy pronouncement could usher in concrete change. Forum participant Mohammed El-Fifi, a spokesman for the Islamic Cultural Center, Spain's largest mosque, summed up a widely held concern: "Talk is talk. Can they transform all this talk into action? That's the question...
...hardly the first to urge Musharraf to step down. For the past several months newspaper columnists, civil society representatives and even former military personnel have asked him to do so, saying that a graceful resignation by Musharraf would usher in true democratic change, thus ensuring him a powerful legacy. By staying in power through a flawed - some say unconstitutional - presidential election, Musharraf has lost that opportunity. He could yet step down, after ensuring that the upcoming parliamentary elections are absolutely transparent and that a working government is formed in the new parliament. His tenure would still be haunted...
Last summer, Barack Obama took a lot of heat for skipping a candidate forum in Iowa sponsored by the AARP, choosing instead to attend a hip-hop event starring Usher...