Italy President Races To Appoint New Government -- Reuters
* Monti ready to head technocratic government
* Aims to have new administration in place by Monday
* Financial markets on edge
* Berlusconi resignation greeted with cheers, boos
ROME, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Italy's president raced to appoint an emergency government on Sunday to face a crisis endangering the whole euro zone after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned to the jeers of thousands of protesters.
Just a few hours after central Rome echoed with street parties celebrating Berlusconi's departure, President Giorgio Napolitano began a rapid round of meetings with political parties at his hilltop palace to find a new prime minister and government.
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