Berlusconi spurns coalition bid...

Italy's conservative opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi has again insisted on early elections, jeopardising efforts to form an interim government.
Mr Berlusconi held talks on Monday with Senator Franco Marini, who was appointed by the Italian president to try to form a new governing coalition.
Later Mr Berlusconi said he hoped "that after these consultations the head of state will call elections immediately".
Centre-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned on 24 January.
Mr Marini is holding a final round of consultations on Monday and is due to report back to President Giorgio Napolitano soon.
After meeting Mr Berlusconi, he held talks with Walter Veltroni, head of the centre-left Democratic Party.
Electoral reform bid
The Italian president wants an interim government to change the country's electoral law, which is widely blamed for the current political instability.
Opinion polls suggest that a snap election could see Mr Berlusconi return to power.
However, senior senators believe that Italy needs new electoral laws.
Under the current system, implemented by Mr Berlusconi during his time as prime minister, smaller parties with only a handful of seats hold the balance of power in parliament.
The loss of the support of the small centrist Udeur party in the Senate left Mr Prodi's coalition without a majority and requiring the support of several unelected life senators.
In a subsequent confidence vote, Mr Prodi's government fell four votes short of the 160 it needed to survive.

Fonte: http://news.bbc.co.uk/