Via the BBC: Italian crisis: Silvio Berlusconi vows to resign
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign after key economic reforms have been approved, the country’s president says.
Mr Berlusconi’s decision follows a vote on the budget in parliament, in which he appeared to lose his majority.
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Both coalition ally Umberto Bossi of the Northern League and opposition leader Pierluigi Bersani had called on the prime minister to step down.
