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No apology for Obama "suntan" remark: Berlusconi

 
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, under fire at home for describing U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as "suntanned," said on Friday he saw no need to apologize. (link)

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