Italy’s centre-right opposition demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Romano Prodi resign after his coalition suffered a setback in a parliamentary vote over a U.S. airbase in Italy, but Prodi shrugged off the call. Prodi’s lawmakers could not agree on Thursday on a Senate motion in support of Defense Minister Arturo Parisi’s decision to allow the expansion of the base in northern Italy, opposed by many on the left of the nine-party coalition. Full Story