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Silvio Berlusconi and his estranged wife have met for the first time in nine months as their lawyers reportedly exchanged details of alleged infidelities during bitter divorce talks.
The 73-year-old Italian prime minister and Veronica Lario, 53, spent 20 minutes in the same room during a five-hour meeting between their lawyers. The infidelity claims formed part of the talks between their representatives, the Italian media reported on Sunday.
Miss Lario is demanding €3.5 million (£3million) a month in maintenance from her husband of 19 years, claiming that she could no longer be with a man who "associates with minors", a reference to her husband's friendship with a teenage model whose 18th birthday party he attended last year.
Talks took place at the Milan prefect's office on Saturday in front of a civil judge. A spokesman for Miss Lario said: "The meeting in front of the judge took place and divorce is now inevitable."
Miss Lario announced she was leaving her husband last April after details emerged of his friendship with Naomi Letizia and the lavish birthday presents he gave her.
A pro-Berlusconi paper claimed Miss Lario had been conducting an affair with her bodyguard. Neither of them commented on the allegation but friends of the bodyguard have since insisted there was no truth in the story.
Miss Lario's lawyer highlighted the allegations of the escort Patrizia D'Addario who last year claimed she was paid to spend the night with the prime minister in 2008. Mr Berlusconi denies ever paying for sexual relations.
Mr Berlusconi's lawyer said the prime minister was only prepared to offer €200,000 a month.
The next court hearing is scheduled for next month.
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Pop star Beyonce has won five Grammy Awards at the prestigious US music ceremony in Los Angeles.
Leading the field with 10 nominations, Beyonce received awards including song of the year and best R&B song, both for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).
The Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift picked up three prizes each, while Lady GaGa, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and Eminem have two trophies.
The glittering televised ceremony is currently taking place.
Beyonce also won best contemporary R&B album, best R&B female vocal for Single Ladies and best traditional R&B performance for At Last, which she performed at President Obama's inauguration.
The Black Eyed Peas won best short video for Boom Boom Pow and best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals for I Gotta Feeling. And the group beat acts including Kelly Clarkson and Pink to win best pop vocal album for The END.
Twenty-year-old Taylor Swift won best country album for her second LP Fearless. She also received best country song and best female country vocal performance, both for the track White Horse.
Lady GaGa has two awards so far - best dance recording for Poker Face and best electronic/dance album for The Fame.
The Kings of Leon beat Bruce Springsteen, U2, Pearl Jam and Green Day to win best rock song for Use Somebody. The same track won best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals.
Jay-Z's track Run This Town was named best rap song, while he also picked up best rap solo performance for DOA (Death Of Auto-Tune).
Fellow rapper Eminem, meanwhile, won best rap album for Relapse and best rap performance by a duo or group for Crack A Bottle, his comeback collaboration with Dr Dre and 50 Cent.
Other early winners included Indian composer AR Rahman, who won two trophies for his soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Rahman won best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture, while his hit Jai Ho won best motion picture song.
Film composer Michael Giacchino also won a pair, for best score soundtrack album and best instrumental composition for his work on the Pixar animation Up.
Neil Young won the first Grammy of his career, taking best art direction on a boxed or special limited edition package for Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972).
And two of Bob Marley's sons triumphed. Stephen Marley won best reggae album for Mind Control - Acoustic - the fourth time a member of the Marley family has won that category in the last five years. He beat his half-brother Julian Marley, who was also up for the award.
Ziggy Marley picked up the fifth Grammy of his career in the children's musical album category for Family Time.
Comedian Steve Martin was the winner of best bluegrass album for The Crow/New Songs For The Five-String Banjo.
French dance star David Guetta won an award for best remixed recording for When Love Takes Over.
"Finally the DJ culture and the dance culture is growing in America," he said.
One of the most anticipated moments of the night will be a tribute to Michael Jackson, featuring 3D footage of the King of Pop as well as performances by Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson and Usher.