ROME (Reuters) - As Italy faces a deep political crisis, the fate of the country is in the hands of an octogenarian former communist only weeks from retirement.
Under Italy's constitution, President Giorgio Napolitano, 87, is charged with trying to find the way out of an intractable impasse caused by a huge protest vote in the Feb 24-25 election, which saw no group emerge with enough support to govern.
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