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<B>Italian PM Prodi survives confidence vote in Senate</B>
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi survived a close vote of confidence in the Senate on Wednesday, ending a weeklong political crisis after his shock resignation.The 67-year-old former European Commission chief, serving his second stint as Prime Minister, is expected to sail through another vote today in the Chamber of Deputies, where he has a comfortable majority. Prodi won by 162 votes to 157. Two senators whose votes were uncertain ahead of the ballot, independent Luigi Pollaro and opposition centrist Marco Follini, supported Prodi. Four of Italy’s seven unelected senators for life widened the margin of victory. Prodi’s disparate centre-left coalition, which won a general election 10 months ago by a hair’s breadth, was thrown into crisis last week when the prime minister resigned after losing a vote of support on foreign policy issues.
<B>Bomb threat at US embassy in Jakarta</B>
The US embassy in Jakarta received a bomb threat yesterday relayed by police, an embassy spokesman said. “A bomb threat was transmitted to us by the Indonesian traffic management control at about 04h20 GMT,” the spokesman said by telephone. He said it was the second such incident in recent days, without elaborating. A Reuters photographer on the scene said that there was no sign of any evacuation of embassy personnel.
“Contaminated” petrol fears investigated </B>
Investigations were underway yesterday into complaints from motorists who believe their cars had suffered problems resulting from contaminated petrol in the UK. Retailers and suppliers said they were carrying out tests on fuel but had so far found no evidence of any abnormalities. Trading standards authorities said they were looking into complaints from up to 100 motorists in southeast England where the problem is centred. “Officers are investigating these complaints and samples of fuel from some of the affected cars are currently being tested for contamination, as are the contents of the pumps from which the petrol was drawn,” said Ian Hillier of the Trading Standards Institute. He said an analysis of the samples was due by the end of the week.
Special constable’s husband in court for her murder </B>
The husband of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri, who was stabbed to death outside her London home last May, was due to appear in court yesterday charged with her murder, police said. Fadi Nasri, 33, and Roger Lesley, 37, a second man also charged with her killing, are due to appear before magistrates in west London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. They were both arrested on Tuesday. A total of four men have now been charged with murdering the 29-year-old. Patel-Nasri was a hairdresser who performed unpaid police duties in her spare time. She had been a special constable for more than three years when she was killed. She and her husband had been celebrating their third wedding anniversary on the night of the attack. The other two men charged with the murder are Tony Emmanuel, 41and Jason Jones, 35.
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