Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) talks with Senate speaker Renato Schifani (L) and Parliament speaker Gianfranco Fini during the celebration of the Italian Army's anniversary in Rome November 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) talks with Senate speaker Renato Schifani (L) and Parliament speaker Gianfranco Fini during the celebration of the Italian Army's anniversary in Rome November 4, 2009.

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  2. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
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  4. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  5. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  6. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) talks during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome October 9, 2009. When Italy's Constitutional Court ruled this week that the prime minister was not above the law, invalidating a tailor-made statute granting him immunity from prosecution, Berlusconi's reaction was to attack its members, and President Giorgio Napolitano, as leftists biased against him.
  7. ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini (R) on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S.
  8. ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S.
  9. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  10. President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini (C), speaks during a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  11. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  12. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  13. MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 14: Renato Schifani (2nd R), President of the Senate, and Paolo Klun (R), chief spokesman for San Raffaele Hospital, depart the San Raffaele Hospital on December 14, 2009 in Milan, Italy. Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized at the San Raffaele after being struck by an attacker, weilding a model of Milan's Cathedral, that left Berlusconi with a fractured nose and two damaged teeth.
  14. United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-Moon (L) shakes hands with Italian Senate President Renato Schifani prior the inaugural ceremony of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the FAO on November 16, 2009 at its headquarters in Rome. The summit is bringing together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  15. (From L) United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-Moon, Italian Senate President Renato Schifani and head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf for the inaugural ceremony of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the FAO on November 16, 2009 at its headquarters in Rome. The summit is bringing together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  16. LIVORNO, ITALY - NOVEMBER 14: A paratrooper receives a decoration from the President of the Italian Senate Renato Schifani (C) during a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of The Battle of El Alamein at Stadio Armando Picchi on November 14, 2009 in Livorno, Italy. The ceremony also marked the homecoming of the Italian Brigade of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan as wells as the change of command between general Rosario Castellano and general Federico D'Apuzzo.

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