ROME (Reuters) - Centre-left leader Romano Prodi looked set to beat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's general election, but initial returns indicated he would hold only a wafer-thin majority in the Senate upper house.
Prodi's allies said the nation had clearly turned its back on the billionaire Berlusconi, punishing him for failing to deliver on promises to revive the lagging economy.
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