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Posted by: JamesMarcus 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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An embarrassed White House apologized on Tuesday for an "unfortunate mistake"--the distribution of an unflattering biography of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi at the Group of Eight summit. Still, the gaffe led to headlines in Italy.

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berkeley1 month, 2 weeks ago

every italian who cares to notice already could list berlusconi's faults at great length. this is no surprise to them at all.
the quoted sections of the bio were actually quite mild compared to his track record.
but it's only news because george was involved.
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tehranchik1 month, 1 week ago

Two pigs in a poke.
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