Milan police said Berlusconi's attacker hit him with a small metal souvenir replica of the Doumo di Milano, the city's central cathedral, but it was not immediately clear whether the man swung at the prime minister with the object in his hand or threw it at him.

CNN: Berlusconi has fractured nose, broken teeth after attack

He chipped a simple return catch to Rashid in the 10th over with 60 needed, but even after his departure the Irish were in prime position with 42 needed from 54 balls and six wickets in hand.

BBC: England edge to win over Ireland

Instead of waiting for the divisions to develop the brand, Hampton has done it himself--convincing the consumer products unit to come out with hand puppets and getting Buena Vista's help in securing Baby Einstein videos prime positions at Wal-Mart.

FORBES: Baby Lessons

Generally when the sons and daughters of Australian immigrants appear on prime-time reality television shows it is with a cooking utensil or a recipe in hand (good food, combined with self-deprecatory humour, have long offered new arrivals here the quickest route to acceptance and assimilation).

BBC: Reality TV tackles immigration

And as a matter of presentation, co-operating more with the Democrats could allow the prime minister to escape from a trap: on the one hand, voters see him as arrogant, but on the other they threaten to turn against him if he makes too many concessions to opponents within his own party.

ECONOMIST: Voters send Junichiro Koizumi a deflating message

Prime therefore arranged things so that the department could hand back 10% immediately, with an extra 2% to be vacated without penalty in each of the next 15 years.

ECONOMIST: Goldman��s booty

"Once this engagement is fulfilled, the prime minister will hand in his mandate to the head of state who will proceed with appropriate consultations, paying close attention to the positions and proposals of all political forces, " he said.

BBC: Italian crisis: Silvio Berlusconi vows to resign

The Prime Minister is handling the country's banking crisis with a troubling fiscal sleight-of-hand.

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