Rome - Incoming Italian Prime Minister Massimo d'Alema last night won a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies. A parliamentary source said 333 deputies voted in favour of Mr d'Alema and 281 against.
Mr d'Alema is heading the country's 56th post-war administration, and is the first former communist to lead a major Western European government. He took over on Monday after his predecessor, Mr Romano Prodi, lost a confidence motion by one vote.