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Mon 03 Mar 2010Italy rejects Berlusconi ballot appeal
An Italian court dealt a blow today to prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's regional election hopes when it refused to reinstate the ruling coalition's candidate list for polls in Rome province.
The government had rushed through a decree on Friday to ensure its list was reinstated, after bureaucratic bungling meant it failed to submit documents on time to the electoral office.
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