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Sick Berlusconi to miss EU summit

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a bout of scarlet fever and will miss this week's EU summit in Brussels, his foreign minister says. The minister, Franco Frattini, said he would attend instead of Mr Berlusconi. Full Article at BBC News

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