Silvio Berlusconi is supported after fainting during an emotional speech in Italy on Nov. 26. AP PHOTO

Berlusconi spokesman Paolo Bonaiuti said at the hospital that the political leader would keep his commitment to lead a rally Dec. 2 in Rome to protest the policies of Premier Romano Prodi's center-left government.

The 70-year-old conservative leader was hospitalized for heart tests after fainting.

The Japan Times Weekly: Dec. 2, 2006
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