The book "Tendenza Veronica (Veronica's Trend), by journalist Maria Latella, is seen at left in a book store in central Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. The estranged wife of Premier Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario, says in a book published Wednesday that it was her husband's alleged lies that pushed her to file for divorce at the outset of the sex scandal involving the Italian conservative leader. In the book, Lario recalls how in April she made the decision after her husband failed to mention he would attend the birthday party of an 18-year-old model in Naples. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

The book "Tendenza Veronica (Veronica's Trend), by journalist Maria Latella, is seen at left in a book store in central Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. The estranged wife of Premier Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario, says in a book published Wednesday that it was her husband's alleged lies that pushed her to file for divorce at the outset of the sex scandal involving the Italian conservative leader. In the book, Lario recalls how in April she made the decision after her husband failed to mention he would attend the birthday party of an 18-year-old model in Naples.

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  7. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) talks during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome October 9, 2009. When Italy's Constitutional Court ruled this week that the prime minister was not above the law, invalidating a tailor-made statute granting him immunity from prosecution, Berlusconi's reaction was to attack its members, and President Giorgio Napolitano, as leftists biased against him.
  8. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) speaks next Vatican Secretary of State Italian cardinal Tarcisio Bertone during the opening of a painting exhibition in Rome October 7, 2009.
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