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Mon 11 Nov 2009Berlusconi defends record in Mafia fight
ROME – Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday defended his record in fighting the Mafia and vowed to hit back at the opposition press that reported he was being investigated in connection with a 1993 Mafia bombing campaign.
“If there’s a person who by nature, sensitivity, mentality, background, culture and political effort is very far from the Mafia, it is me,” the 73-year-old said.
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