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Editor's Note: It's one thing for a writer to explain a complex issue with his or her peers within their own discipline. But there's a certain genius among those who can translate the story into lay terms which the rest of us can grasp. We are grateful to Annibale Marsili... » read this article

Silvio Berlusconi is an internationally renowned figure, but not for his good reputation as an upright and respectable statesman, rather as a notorious man who can be called one of the most corrupt politicians of the world in all terms.   An unflappable and defiant politician who has accumulated a... » read this article

Weakness on the Left allows Berlusconi -- and worse -- to prosper. While political debate in Britain is dominated by assessments of the regressive Coalition budget and the Labour leadership election, it's easy to forget what's going on in our European neighbour countries. Of most interest to the British left... » read this article