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Italy Probes 'Kill Berlusconi' Facebook Gang

'Assassination gang' boasts 20K members

Oct 23, 09 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian authorities have vowed to close down a Facebook group called "Let's Kill Berlusconi," even though its creators say it's harmless fun. Some 20,000 people from all over the world have joined the group, many offering their services to dispatch the embattled Italian leader in a variety... More »

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social networking • Italy • Facebook • assassination • Silvio Berlusconi



 Berlusconi 
 Sexist Dig 
 Sparks Fury 

100K sign petition after jab against female politician

Oct 21, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi may soon have a lot more than corruption charges to worry about. Italian women—who stayed largely silent during his recent sex scandals—are joining a rising feminist backlash against the Italian leader after he made sexist remarks to a female politician on live TV. "You are... More »

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Italy • sexism • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • petition

 Berlusconi: Trials 
 'Laughable, Absurd' 

Italian PM goes on the attack after losing immunity from prosecution

Oct 9, 09 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A defiant Silvio Berlusconi vowed yesterday to rule with "even more grit" despite looming criminal trials on corruption charges. The trials "are false, laughable, absurd,” scoffed the Italian prime minister, who has been stripped of his immunity from prosecution. “I will defend myself in the courtroom... More »

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Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • Silvio Berlusconi • corruption charges

 Berlusconi: I'm Not 
 Going Anywhere 

Italian PM defiant as multiple criminal cases reopen

Oct 8, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi, fighting for his political life after a court ruled he was not immune from criminal prosecution, called the ruling politically motivated and vowed to stay on as Italy's prime minister. Already weakened by sex scandals, Berlusconi will now face at least two trials, one concerning witness tampering and... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • corruption • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • David Mills

Court Rejects Law Giving Berlusconi Immunity

Italian PM will have to stand trial for corruption

Oct 7, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian court struck down the law designed to protect Silvio Berlusconi from corruption charges, ruling that it would take a constitutional amendment, not a mere act of parliament, to save the Italian prime minister. Courts can now resume the two corruption trials against Berlusconi that have been on hold... More »

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Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • corruption charges • corruption trial

Berlusconi Uses Animal Farm Defense

Lawyers argue 'more equal' PM shouldn't
be prosecuted

Oct 7, 09 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - All Italians are equal but some are more equal than others, according to lawyers seeking to prevent Silvio Berlusconi from standing trial on corruption charges. A constitutional court examining the legitimacy of a law shielding prime ministers from prosecution—which was introduced by Berlusconi himself—was told the leader is... More »

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Italy • bribery • corruption • Silvio Berlusconi • corruption trial

 Berlusconi 
 Adds Michelle 
 to His 'Tan 
 Obama' Dig 

'Even his wife is suntanned,' Italian leader chuckles

Sep 29, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daffy Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi thought his first joke about President Obama being "tan" was so funny he repeated it —and this time included Michelle in the fun.  "I bring greetings from a man, what's his name? Some tanned guy—Barack Obama," Berlusconi said... More »

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Barack Obama • race • politics • Michelle Obama • Italy • race relations • Silvio Berlusconi

 Women Rising Up 
 Angry Over 
 Berlusconi 
 Sleaze 

Politicians have complained to human rights court

Sep 20, 09 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A feminist backlash is gaining huge momentum in Italy in the wake of Prime Minister's Silvio Berlusconi's "Summer of Sleaze," reports the Guardian. Women were especially incensed when Belusconi's lawyer said recently the randy leader would never pay for sex because he is merely an "end user"... More »

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women • Silvio Berlusconi

Berlusconi: So Sue Me,
I Like Gorgeous Babes

'Greatest Italian PM in history' hits back at sex scandal allegations

Sep 11, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi says he's the best prime minister Italy's ever had and resigning has never crossed his mind, despite a string of sex scandals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Berlusconi scoffed at claims by businessman Giampaolo Tarantini that he invited women to Berlusconi's parties and paid them to sleep with... More »

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prostitution • sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute

Italian Businessman: I Supplied Girls for Berlusconi

Allegations reignite Italian's leader sleaze scandal

Sep 10, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian businessman claims to have supplied 30 women for parties held by Silvio Berlusconi, some of whom slept with the Italian leader, the Guardian reports. Gianpaolo Tarantini, who is under investigation for corruption, says he was trying to gain influence with the prime minister. He told investigators that he... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute

 Berlusconi: 
 'Italians Want 
 to Be Like Me' 

He 'can't remember' the night escort says they had sex

Sep 8, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stubbornly unrepentant Silvio Berlusconi is insisting Italians support his behavior and "would like to be" him, reports the Telegraph. "Italians aren't stupid, and they prefer my government," added the randy prime minister, 74, on Italian television. The man who last week called himself  "superman" insisted that... More »

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divorce • sex scandal • Italy • Rome • Silvio Berlusconi • Italian economy

(Newser) - An editor of a Catholic newspaper criticized for a gay affair in a publication owned by the brother of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of a job, reports the New York Times. He resigned just days after he slammed the randy head of state in an editorial for... More »

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newspaper • Italy • Rome • Vatican • Catholic • Silvio Berlusconi • homosexual • gay • Il Giornale

Vatican Snubs Berlusconi Over Cheeky News Article

Scandal-ridden Italian premier disinvited from pardoning religious ceremony

Aug 30, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may still be beloved by Italian voters, but there’s clearly no love lost between Silvio Berlusconi and the Vatican, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Holy See has disinvited the scandal-ridden Italian premier from a religious service and dinner after a newspaper owned by his brother ran a... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Rome • Vatican • Silvio Berlusconi

Berlusconi Slaps European Papers With Libel Suits

Lawyers probe 'cases of real, true defamation'

Aug 28, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is suing Italian and foreign media outlets for libel regarding his personal life, Reuters reports. “We have instructed our colleagues to evaluate, according to the laws in their countries, the most serious cases of real, true defamation,” said the Italian PM's lawyer. Berlusconi’s legal team... More »

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media • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Europe • Italy • libel • lawsuit • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • News Corp • La Repubblica • Times of London

(Newser) - Already ridiculed for sex scandals, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi now has to hear it from his estranged wife in a new book, reports the Guardian. Berlusconi is a "ridiculous figure before the world," said Veronica Lario, who filed for divorce in April. More »

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Silvio Berlusconi • Veronica Lario • Noemi Letizia

(Newser) - Besieged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is “a national joke,” Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair. He’s also immensely popular. In the midst of his most recent sex scandal, he and his party were handily reelected. What’s the deal? To begin with, “he controls... More »

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politics • sex scandal • Italy • corruption • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • Michael Wolff • Veronica Berlusconi

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi's antics with models and call girls have threatened to derail his government, but the woman at the center of the sex-and-corruption scandal says she's seen it all before. "This is how Italy always works," Patrizia D’Addario tells the Financial Times. The hooker says she came... More »

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prostitution • Italy • corruption • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • European Parliament • Veronica Lario • Patrizia D'Addario

Daughter 'Astounded' by Berlusconi's Indiscretions

And says pols can't expect much private life

Aug 4, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s daughter says she was “astounded” by allegations that the Italian premier consorted with model Noemi Letizia before she turned 18, Bloomberg reports. “I never hung out with elderly men,” Barbara Berlusconi, 25 and the mom of two, tells the Italian edition of Vanity Fair.... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • interview • Noemi Letizia • Barbara Berlusconi

 World's Dirtiest Old Men 


Aug 2, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some men age like a fine wine. Others age like these guys. The Independent lists the most embarrassing old goats in the public eye:
  • Silvio Berlusconi, 72: “What with claims he's spent the summer consorting with call girls and teenagers at wild parties, has Berlusconi simply forgotten his
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Nicolas Sarkozy • Jack Nicholson • Mel Gibson • Silvio Berlusconi • Bryan Ferry

Ex-Hooker: Berlusconi Offered Me a Parliament Seat

Says he gave escorts acting, political roles

Jul 27, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrizia D’Addario, the prostitute who brought the world what she says are audiotapes of her having sex with Silvio Belusconi, says the Italian PM offered her a seat in the European Parliament, the Times of London reports. He offered her the position in lieu of paying for sex,... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • sex tape • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • Patrizia D'Addario

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