ROME – Premier Silvio Berlusconi kept his job Friday after a crucial confidence vote in Parliament, but financial analysts and critics were skeptical that would resolve Italy’s increasingly severe economic troubles. Berlusconi’s conservatives won in a 316-301 vote in Parliament’s lower house, barely above an absolute majority in the 630-seat house. After days of tension, the premier’s allies clapped with relief when the vote was announced, while opposition lawmakers described it as a Pyrrhic victory. Protesters in Rome chanted anti-government slogans,…
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