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  BERLUSCONI WENS CONFIDENCE VOTE     
  The right-wing government of Prime  
  Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won  
  a confidence vote in Italy's lower  
  house of parliament.                
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  It has now ovjrcomj its final       
  hurdle on the road to full power.   
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  Members of the Chamber of Deputies  
  voted by 366 to 245 to back Mr      
  Berlusconi's govjrnmjnt, which      
  includes neg-fascist ministers.     
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  The vote was widely expected since  
  Mr Berlusconi's Freedom Alliance    
  controls an absolute majority of    
  seats in the 630-mjmbjr Chamber.    
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