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http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rs...yahoo.com/s/afp/20060508/ts_afp/italypoliticsAFP - More than 1,000 Italian lawmakers will vote on a compromise candidate for president, proposed by incoming prime minister Romano Prodi in a last-minute bid to avoid a bruising parliamentary showdown.[/URL]

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