New Berlusconi inquiry as showgirl says she was paid to attend party

Silvio Berlusconi was embroiled in fresh controversy yesterday as prosecutors opened an inquiry into all

egations that showgirls were paid to attend parties at his villa in Sardinia and his residence in Rome.

ANSA, the Italian news agency, confirmed that the prosecutor’s office in Bari in southern Italy was seeking to establish whether payments to women to attend “private residences in Rome and Sardinia” had involved “induction into prostitution”.

The Italian Prime Minister had hoped to repair his battered image by portraying himself as an international statesman. On Monday he met President Obama in Washington before the G8 summit he is hosting in the city of L’Aquila next month.

However, no sooner had he returned to Italy than fresh allegations emerged about his private life.

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Barcelona air is filled with drugs like cocaine

The rain in spain shows traces of cocaine. The air in Barcelona and Madrid is said to be laced with cocaine and other drugs.

Tests have found the air in the Spanish cities contains more illegal drugs than most European cities - most prominently cocaine.

A study by CSIC, (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) also found traces of amphetamines, heroin, cannabis and LSD in the air.

But it was the level of cocaine which socked researchers, there was eight times the amount in Rome -  850 picograms per cubic metre of air compared to 100.

However even at this level it would take 1,000 years of breathing it in to be equal to one dose … sorry if I have just spoilt your holiday plans.

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