<div id="subtitle">Former neo-Fascist is Berlusconi's possible heir, political ally, and worst enemy</div><div><p>He has emerged from the fringes of a neo-Fascist party to position himself as the heir apparent to Premier Silvio Berlusconi.</p><p>Gianfranco Fini, a chain-smoking politician who once ...

<div><p>ROME (Reuters) - Italian politicians close to Silvio Berlusconi demanded on Wednesday that his main ally explain his comments about the premier acting like an "absolute monarch" and that Mafia allegations against him were an "atom bomb."</p><p>Gianfranco Fini, Berlusconi's former foreign minister, is now speaker of parliament ...

<div><p>ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's personal, political and legal problems are mounting, leading the Italian prime minister's media and political allies to speak of a plot against him and a risk of early elections.</p><p>"Berlusconi under siege," was the headline in Sunday's edition of Il Giornale ...