Berlusconi: Sex trial request is bid to topple him

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi talks to journalists during a press conference following a cabinet meeting at Rome's Chigi palace, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Italian prosecutors requested Wednesday that Premier Silvio Berlusconi stand trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan and then used his influence to try to cover it up. He called the action against him "disgusting'' and "a farce.'' AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito

Berlusconi: Sex trial request is bid to topple him

ALESSANDRA RIZZO

COLLEEN BARRY

Associated Press

MILAN — Scandal-plagued Premier Silvio Berlusconi defiantly...