Italy still have troops in Afghanistan?
"Berlusconi embroiled in prostitution inquiry" by Associated Press / January 15, 2011
ROME — Prosecutors are investigating whether Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl from Morocco and then abused his power in trying to cover up the encounters, officials said yesterday.
Berlusconi dismissed the case as absurd and said the prosecutors were just jealous they weren’t invited to his home for dinner, too; the teenager has said she dined at the prime minister’s Milan estate but didn’t have sex with him.
The investigation escalated a long history of accusations of sexual and financial impropriety aimed at the billionaire businessman, who has become Italy’s longest-serving postwar leader despite corruption trials, international gaffes, and political infighting.
How much longer are you Italians going to put up with this s*** scum?
The latest allegations come at a moment of particular vulnerability for the blunt-speaking, high-living prime minister. Berlusconi has been politically weakened in recent months by a challenge from a former ally....
I'm sick of politics -- in any language.
Still, Italians have proven hard to shock, and Berlusconi inspires both loyalty and fierce opposition. A citizen group called yesterday for his resignation but his supporters immediately dismissed the allegations as a baseless, politically driven attack.
That's one reason I'm sick of politics -- in any language.
According to a statement by Milan prosecutors, the inquiry is looking into whether the 74-year-old leader had sex with a 17-year-old nightclub dancer nicknamed Ruby, and then used the powers of his office inappropriately in trying to hide the encounter....
What's the Italian word for toilet because I need one?
Answer
The universal term for toilet!
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Another gift from Gladio, 'eh?
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Ciao, readers!
