ITALY: 09 Feb UPDATE: Berlusconi Lashes Out; Q And A : Silvio's Criminal Jeopardy; Fotos Of A Nude PM Berlusconi With Girls Starts Media Bidding Frenzy.

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     PM Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers are trying to quash the publication of photos allegedly showing the 74-year-old nude with young women.
    The Il Fatto Quotidiano newspaper noted a bidding war among “several weeklies and specialized agencies” for the rights to publish “a scoop that may change the country’s political history.”

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   Berlusconi lashed out at the Milan prosecutors who want him to be put on trial immediately for sex-related offences.
   "It's a disgrace. It's disgusting," said Berlusconi. "I'm sorry that we have offended the dignity of, and thrown mud at, the country. I wonder who is going to pay for this activity whose only aim is subversive."
   He said it would be the taxpayer who paid because "I shall attempt to sue the state."
   ALSO: The BBC posts some questions and answers about beleagured aging lothario PM Berlusconi's legal jeopardy in the Milano bribery case.
" Milan prosecutors have asked a judge to bring Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to trial. So does this mean that Italy's longest-serving post-war leader will stand in the dock accused of abuse of power and paying for sex with an underage girl?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12403119