berlusconi photos el pais
The photos came to light amid a scandal involving Berlusconi and Naples model Noemi Letizia, whose 18th birthday party the premier attended several weeks ago. [1]
Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a scandal that has titillated Italy for weeks. [2]
Antonello Zappadu shot hundreds of photos of the party from outside the villa’s gates ‘ photos which were seized by Rome prosecutors last week at Berlusconi’s request. [3]
ROME (AP) - Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a scandal that has titillated Italy for weeks. [4]
OME - Premier Silvio Berlusconi said today he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a scandal that has titillated Italy for weeks. [5]
The photos came to light amid a scandal involving Berlusconi and a Naples model, Noemi Letizia, whose 18th birthday party the premier attended several weeks ago. [6]
Madrid/Rome - The Spanish daily El Pais on Friday published some of the photos which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wanted to keep away from the public after a scandal broke over his friendship with Noemi Letizia, who recently turned 18. [7]
ROME - Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a scandal that has titillated Italy for weeks. [8]
But Zappadu said he had already sold the rights to the photos outside Italy, possibly explaining their publication by El Pais under the headline..The photos vetoed by Berlusconi.” [6]
Emma Bonino, at right showing the party symbol, a leading member of Italy’s Radical Party, demonstrates with party supporters outside Italian RAI state television headquarters in Rome, Thursday June 4, 2009. [9]
MADRID: A Spanish newspaper on Friday published photographs of topless women lounging at Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s home, the latest chapter in a scandal involving the Italian leader’s fondness for younger women. [6]
Berlusconi’s wife cited the premier’s attendance at the party in announcing she was divorcing the 72-year-old. [3]
The five photos by Antonello Zappadu show scantily-clad people beside a jacuzzi, and Berlusconi walking around with a woman, at his Villa Certosa in Sardinia. [7]
Berlusconi has denied any scandal, saying Letizia is the daughter of an old friend from political circles and that he attended her birthday party because he happened to be in Naples that day. [3]
Letizia’s ex-boyfriend has said Letizia and several other young women spent a week at Berlusconi’s Sardinian villa over New Year’s and that he listened in on phone calls between Berlusconi and Letizia, fueling speculation about an inappropriate relationship between the two. [6]
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[1] Berlusconi: I’ll resign if I lied about teen | Comcast.net
[2] Berlusconi: I’ll resign if I lied about teen - Kansas City Star
[3] Spanish newspaper publishes Berlusconi photos - Yahoo! News
[4] ksl.com - Berlusconi: I’ll resign if I lied about teen
[5] Berlusconi: I’ll resign if I lied about teen - BostonHerald.com
[6] Topless photos at Italian premier Berlusconi’s villa published - Europe …
[7] Spanish daily angers Berlusconi with scandal photos : Europe World
[8] Berlusconi: I’ll resign if lied about teen; moves to sue Spanish paper …
[9] Spanish newspaper publishes Berlusconi photos - wtop.com