Italian PM Enrico Letta Wins Confidence Vote Wed Oct 2,2013

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has won a confidence vote after a last-minute U-turn by former PM Silvio Berlusconi.who had initially promised to topple the govt by withdrawing his party's support - a move which prompted the Senate vote

But he backed down when it became clear that several of his senators would back the govt.

The Senate voted 235 to 70 in favour of the government.