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Monday
Jun132011

Berlusconi concedes "no nukes" in Italy with strong referendum turnout

Italy's Premier Silvio Berlusconi conceded Monday that the referendum to shutdown his plan for a nuclear energy revival is "probably" going to win. As of Sunday night, 41% of Italy's voting population had turned out with voting continuing into Monday projected to exceed 51% to make the "no nukes" vote binding.