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OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Silvio Berlusconi, head of an $11 billion empire with holdings in TV, publishing, retail banking and the AC Milan soccer club, is elected Italy's Prime Minister, overcoming the slings and arrows of a vitriolic press protesting widespread conflicts of interest


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