A YOUNG Moroccan woman dubbed ‘the heart stealer’ who sparked an investigation into Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly paying for sex with a minor, has announced she is about to get married.

DUST and pollution brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk endangering the chapel’s masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Vatican Museums chief warned.

ITALIAN Premier Silvio Berlusconi joked that he is “no saint“, in his first comments on his sex scandal since a news weekly released what it said were conversations between him and a prostitute.

Under-fire Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi tried to laugh off the increasingly sordid sex scandal enveloping him today, joking that he was "no saint".

THE ex-boyfriend of an 18-year-old woman at the heart of a scandal involving Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has apologised for having fuelled speculation about a presumed relationship between the two.

SILVIO BERLUSCONI has lashed out against an Italian newspaper who demanded the premier explain the nature of his relationship with an 18-year-old.

Silvio Berlusconi has lashed out against an Italian newspaper demanding that the premier explain the nature of his relationship with an 18-year-old.

PREMIER Silvio Berlusconi’s second wife, former actress Veronica Lario, is seeking a divorce after 19 years of marriage, citing his reported flirtations with younger women.

Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s second wife is seeking a divorce after 19 years of marriage and three children, citing his reported flirtations with younger women.

Pope Benedict XVI was today scheduled to meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for talks expected to focus on the issue of poverty and how to improve relations.

MI6 was probably handed the forged documents that appeared to show Saddam Hussein tried to buy uranium in Africa by Italian intelligence agents, it was reported today.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday called for his corruption trial to be suspended and for the reintroduction of judicial immunity for parliamentarians.