Italy's Berlusconi undergoes successful surgery

ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters)Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had a heart scare last month, has undergone successful surgery in a US hospital, ANSA news agency reported today.

The agency, quoting hospital sources, give no further details. Berlusconi's press office, which yesterday confirmed that the 70-year-old opposition leader had travelled to the United States for scheduled medical checks, declined comment.

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