Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, flanked by head of the Italian Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso, speak at a press conference in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Berlusconi said U.S. President Barack Obama will be shown the quake-hit village of Paganica and the center of L'Aquila during the next G8 to be held here from July 8 through July 10. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, flanked by head of the Italian Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso, speak at a press conference in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Berlusconi said U.S. President Barack Obama will be shown the quake-hit village of Paganica and the center of L'Aquila during the next G8 to be held here from July 8 through July 10.

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  7. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) and Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta leave his residence of Grazioli Palace in Rome October 7, 2009. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed to stay on despite a Constitutional Court's ruling that stripped him of immunity from prosecution, reopening criminal trials against him. He said the court was a "political organ" dominated by the left.
  8. Italian cabinet undersecretary Gianni Letta leaves Palazzo Grazioli, the residence of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on October 7, 2009 in Rome. Italy's Constitutional Court dealt a stinging blow to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi by throwing out a law shielding him from prosecution while in office.
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