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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, wearing a worker's helmet, takes a tour of the construction site of a new hall for high speed trains, during its inauguration at Rome's Tiburtina train station, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandro Di Meo, pool)

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Italian financier Roberto Calvi headed the Banco Ambrosiano, which collapsed in one of Italy's largest fraud cases.

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Napoli Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, left, fights for the ball with Steaua's Geraldo Alves, of Portugal, during an Europa League, Group K, soccer match between Napoli and Steaua at Naples' San Paolo stadium, southern Italy, Dec. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, talks to senators during a parliament debate at the Senate in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Mr. Berlusconi narrowly won confidence votes in both chambers of parliament later in the day. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 18, 2010, file photo Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, answers journalists' questions at a press conference at Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

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Students reach the highway and block it in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)

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Students block the highway in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)

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University students hang a banner with writing reading in Italian "No to the Gelmini (Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini) reform" from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)

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Italy's Mario Balotelli is controlls the ball during their international friendly soccer match against Romania in Klagenfurt, Austria, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Italy's Mario Barwuah Balotelli ,right, challange for the ball with Romania's Gabriel Torje during the international friendly soccer match between Italy and Romania in Klagenfurt, Austria, on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is likely to lose a confidence vote but nevertheless could win subsequent early elections.

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Associated Press photographs A tourist swigs bottled water in downtown Venice, Italy, on Thursday. The canal city is on a campaign to wean its population off bottled mineral water by actively promoting tap water, or "the mayor's water," as it's affectionately known.

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Russia's Elena Dementieva returns the ball to Italy's Francesca Schiavone during the 4th day of Qatar WTA Tennis Championship in Doha, Qatar, Friday Oct. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Italy's Gianluca Zambrotta, left, vies for the ball with Serbia's Dragan Mrdja and Italy's Leonardo Bonucci, right next to a burning flare thrown onto the pitch by Serbia supporters, not pictured, during the Group C, Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia is suspended, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The Italy-Serbia European Championship qualifier was called off after seven minutes of play on Tuesday after Serbia fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari, Lapresse)

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In this picture taken Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, a man identified by police as 30-year-old Ivan Bogdanov of Serbia climbs on a partition prior to the start of a Euro 2012 Group C qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia, which was later called off, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy. Police on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 detained 17 people including Bogdanov, the alleged ringleader of rioting at the Italy-Serbia game, as UEFA warned that sanctions could be as serious as disqualification from the European Championship or exclusion from future competitions.The match in Genoa on Tuesday was abandoned after seven minutes when Serbia fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch, burned a flag and broke barriers. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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Serbia fans climb onto a partition prior to the start of a Group C, Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The start of the Italy-Serbia European Championship qualifier was delayed for 45 minutes due to Serbia fans throwing flares onto the pitch and lighting fireworks. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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Spectators look on from behind smoke blowing from a flare and Italian police confront Serbia fans, not pictured, prior to the start of a Group C, Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The Italy-Serbia European Championship qualifier was called off after seven minutes of play on Tuesday after Serbia fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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Scottish referee Craig Thomson, center with yellow jersey, talks to Italy and Serbia players while the Group C, Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia is suspended, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The Italy-Serbia European Championship qualifier was called off after seven minutes of play on Tuesday after Serbia fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch. (AP Photo/Carlo Baroncini)

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French supermodel and actress Laetitia Casta shows a creation part of the Roberto Cavalli Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection, during the fashion week in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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Models on parade during the finale of the Roberto Cavalli Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection, during the fashion week in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)