ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's allies reacted angrily on Friday after Italian President Giorgio Napolitano left the centre-right leader, who risks being ejected from parliament after a tax fraud conviction, off a list of new lifetime senators.
Napolitano had been pressed by members of Berlusconi's People of Liberty party (PDL) to grant their leader the honour bestowed on former heads of state and distinguished personalities in the arts and sciences.
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