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Defamation Suit by Italian Premier Is Rejected

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost a defamation suit against the magazine The Economist over a story that accused him of being unfit to lead Italy, the magazine said on Friday.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/europe/06italy.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/europe/06italy.html" border="0"/></a></span>