Berlusconi confirms new PM bid

Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday ended weeks of speculation by announcing he would run again for the job of prime minister, the post he was forced out of last year.
He had called a meeting of the PDL for Sunday and had opened talks with former coalition allies the Northern League to try to agree on backing a single candidate, he said.
"I am running to win," the leader of the right-wing populist People of Freedom (PDL) party told journalists in Milanello, near the northern city of Milan.