Italian PM Berlusconi's aide hints time may be up
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi's top adviser has hinted that, after months of political crisis and personal scandal involving the premier, the government's time may soon be up.
However, fellow cabinet ministers insisted that Gianni Letta, Berlusconi's right-hand man, was only joking Wednesday when he said the government's prospects "seem in these hours to be narrowing not to years but to shorter periods and timeframes." (AP)
