Italy's centre-left confident of Senate victory

Rome, Apr 11: Italy's centre-left opposition led by Romano Prodi said today it was confident it had clinched a victory in the Senate thanks to a handful of foreign seats set aside for Italians living abroad.

The Interior Ministry said Italian Prime Minister Silvio won 155 of the 315 seats up for grabs in the Senate against 154 seats for the centre-left opposition.

However, this breakdown does not take into account another six seats set aside for foreign constituencies and the centre-left said it had won four of those.

REUTERS