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Italy Premier: Mayor Election Wins Boost Coalition

Ron Burgundy

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Mayor-elect Ignazio Marino celebrates as he meets his supporters in Rome, Monday, June 10, 2013. Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's conservative party suffered stinging losses Monday to center-left rivals in all the main mayoral runoff elections across Italy, including a particularly lopsided defeat in Rome, the nation's capital, where the ex-premier had personally campaigned for the unsuccessful incumbent. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno quickly conceded defeat in his bid for a second term, glumly acknowledging a landslide victory by center-left challenger Ignazio Marino. The billboard foreground reads "Rome is life" (AP Photo/Roberto Monaldo, Lapresse)ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Enrico Letta savored a sorely-needed boost Monday for his fragile coalition, vowing to press ahead with his efforts to revive the stagnant economy after his center-left party trounced rivals backed by media mogul Silvio Berlusconi in Rome's mayoral races and other local contests across the country.




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