Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has accused La Repubblica newspaper of defamation after it challenged him to explain his relationship with an 18-year-old girl.
Berlusconi’s office said it would not reply to 10 questions posed by the left-leaning daily, accusing the title of exploiting “exclusively private matters for political ends”.
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