Russian president Vladimir Putin today laughed off questions about an affair with a champion gymnast.

Two explosive devices were found in Porto Rotondo on the Sardinian coast today, just hours after Tony Blair ended a visit to the nearby villa of his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi, news reports said.

Italy’s ‘nip and tuck’ premier Silvio Berlusconi pulled out of yet another meeting today with a “slight illness” amid reports that he had extensive plastic surgery last month.