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Italy's Wacky Host

Silvio Berlusconi’s plan to divert attention from his rumored orgies with high-priced prostitutes by holding the G-8 summit in an earthquake-stricken city is being undermined by the comely former topless model serving as his co-host.

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Silvio Berlusconi took a calculated risk in moving the 2009 G-8 summit from the tony Mediterranean island of La Maddalena, off Sardinia, to the earthquake-stricken city of L’Aquila, an hour from Rome.

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