ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday after center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi, faced with an imminent party split, backtracked on his threat to bring down the government.<br/> <br />The Senate voted 235 to 70 in favor of the government.<br/> <br />"Senators present 307, senators voting 305, majority 153, senators in favor 235, senators against 70, senators abstained 0, the Senate approves," the Senate speaker announced the result.<br/> <br />Berlusconi's decision leaves Letta in office but opens a series of questions about the already fragmented Italian political landscape, including whether the coalition government will be able to operate normally and pass badly needed economic reforms.<br/> <br />The media tycoon's declaration capped a day that veered between high drama and what one centrist politician called a farce, as a flood of defections from his party persuaded the 77-year-old billionaire that there w
