Rome, Italy (CNN) -Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to controversy - and he is now battling a sex scandal that could end up in the criminal courts. But he is nothing if not a political survivor.
For days the Italian media has provided wall-to-wall coverage of a magistrate's investigation into Berlusconi's private life and his alleged weakness for private dancers.
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Note: Update record, January 25, 2011 Updated 2323 GMT