Italian PM praises Obama "suntan"

2008-11-07 05:22:49 GMT2008-11-07 13:22:49 (Beijing Time) Reuters

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has praised the youth, good looks and "suntan" of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, the 72-year-old media tycoon also said Obama's election to the White House had been "hailed by world public opinion as the arrival of a messiah".

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