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Berlusconi: is Italy ashamed?

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So is it really the end of the road for Il Cavaliere? Silvio Berlusconi’s indictment on sex charges may be the last straw although François Picard’s panel points to a weak opposition and many in Italy who are indifferent to scandal in a country that’s home to one of the E.U.’s widest gender gaps.

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