End of an era: Berlusconi resigns
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi
Photographer: Courtesy of AP Graphics Bank
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Posted: 11/12/2011
ROME (AP) -- Italy's presidential palace has confirmed that Premier Silvio Berlusconi has resigned, setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis.
Cheers broke out in front of the palace by the hundreds of people who gathered to witness Berlusconi's final act in office, ending a 17-year political era.
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