Party over for Berlusconi

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(Files) Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (L) pose at Villa Madama in Rome in this June 4, 2004 file photograph. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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(Files) Silvio Berlusconi gestures during the Atreju10 political meeting in Rome in this September 12, 2010 file photograph. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

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Silvio Berlusconi addresses a news conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels in this June 20, 2008 file photograph. REUTERS/Marco Valdo

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Moroccan-born pole dancer Karima El Mahroug, nicknamed "Ruby the Heart Stealer," poses on March 2, 2011 during a press conference on the eve of the Vienna Opera Ball, a fancy highlight of the ball season in Vienna. Ruby, 18, the woman at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was invited by Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner, 78, to accompany him to the ball. AFP Photos/Samuel Kubani

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Patrizia D'Addario, the call girl who claims to have slept with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, poses at an 'I love Silvio' theme party in a Paris nightclub on August 1, 2009. D'Addario, 42, is at the centre of a political and media storm in Italy since announcing that she had spent the night with the premier, recorded conversations with him and filmed his bedroom with her mobile phone. AFP PHOTO Bertrand Langlois

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Silvio Berlusconi attends a debate at the lower house of parliament in Rome in this September 22, 2011 file photograph. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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(Files) Silvio Berlusconi shows his teeth during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome in February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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(Files) A file picture taken on January 19, 2011 shows Model and nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, previously identified by her stage name Ruby, speaking during her appearance as a guest on the Italian TV show "Kalispera" in Milan. AFP PHOTO/ Giuseppe Cacace

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(Files) 19-year-old Italian Ambra Battilana, another woman at the centre of Berlusconi's sex scandal performing during the Miss Italia contest in Rome. AFP Photo

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Karima El Mahroug who was at the centre of Berlusconi's sex scandal enjoys the company of her host Austrian businessman Richard Lugner during the traditional Opera Ball at the state opera in Vienna on March 3, 2011. AFP Photo / Joe Klamar

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Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he takes part at the meeting of young people of PDL (People of Freedom), in central Rome, on September 9, 2009. AFP PHOTO/ Andreas Solaro

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Foreign minister Franco Frattini (L) and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hold a news conference at the end of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels in this October 16, 2008 file photograph. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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Moroccan-born pole dancer Karima El Mahroug, nicknamed "Ruby the Heart Stealer," poses on March 2, 2011 during a press conference on the eve of the Vienna Opera Ball, a fancy highlight of the ball season in Vienna. Ruby, 18, the woman at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was invited by Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner, 78, to accompany him to the ball. AFP Photo/Samuel Kubani

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Member of parliament Michaela Biancofiore squeezes Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's chin at the Parliament in Rome on August 3, 2011. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that Italy needed an "immediate action plan" to relaunch growth in a speech to parliament on Wednesday aimed at soothing concerns over a possible debt crisis. AFP Photo/ Tiziana Fabi

Party over for Berlusconi

(Files) Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (L) pose at Villa Madama in Rome in this June 4, 2004 file photograph. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

(Files) Silvio Berlusconi gestures during the Atreju10 political meeting in Rome in this September 12, 2010 file photograph. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Silvio Berlusconi addresses a news conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels in this June 20, 2008 file photograph. REUTERS/Marco Valdo

Silvio Berlusconi attends a debate at the lower house of parliament in Rome in this September 22, 2011 file photograph. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

(Files) Silvio Berlusconi shows his teeth during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome in February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

(Files) A file picture taken on January 19, 2011 shows Model and nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, previously identified by her stage name Ruby, speaking during her appearance as a guest on the Italian TV show "Kalispera" in Milan. AFP PHOTO/ Giuseppe Cacace

(Files) 19-year-old Italian Ambra Battilana, another woman at the centre of Berlusconi's sex scandal performing during the Miss Italia contest in Rome. AFP Photo

Karima El Mahroug who was at the centre of Berlusconi's sex scandal enjoys the company of her host Austrian businessman Richard Lugner during the traditional Opera Ball at the state opera in Vienna on March 3, 2011. AFP Photo / Joe Klamar

Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he takes part at the meeting of young people of PDL (People of Freedom), in central Rome, on September 9, 2009. AFP PHOTO/ Andreas Solaro

Foreign minister Franco Frattini (L) and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hold a news conference at the end of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels in this October 16, 2008 file photograph. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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