ROME (Reuters) - Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's weak, faction-ridden People of Freedom (PDL) party is scrambling to limit the damage from the latest corruption scandal to wash over Italy, seven months before a national election is due.
The embezzlement affair in the Lazio region, which surrounds the capital Rome, has prompted calls from the Italian president and Roman Catholic Church for an end to "shameful" behaviour by the political class.
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