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Silvio Berlusconi: Power and Pizazz
A look at some key events in the Italian Prime Minister's life.
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Lost the 1996 election to Romani Prodi. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)
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He is re-elected prime minister in 2001 and served until 2006, when he lost again to Prodi. But the five-year term made him the longest serving prime minister in post-WWII Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Berlusconi collapses during a speech at a political rally in Montecatini Terme in 2006. (REUTERS/Agenzia TDN)
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He is re-elected again in 2008. (AP Photo)