Can moms-to-be save the prime minister?
Italy’s embattled prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, faces a motion of no confidence in parliament today, and the count is so tight that if any one of three pregnant lawmakers who are expected to vote against him goes into labor, Berlusconi could survive. Battered by sex scandals and the desertion of allies, the 74-year-old media tycoon tried to rally support, telling lawmakers it would be foolish to bring down his government at a time when the Italian economy is trying to get through the crisis engulfing the euro.
