Is 18-year-old girl behind Berlusconi’s marriage meltdown really his daughter?

October 7th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian teenager reportedly landed her father in trouble by accusing him of raping her, only to run away with her boyfriend. The police have said that the 16-year-old packed her bags last week, and tried to run away from home, but when her father found out, he started questioning and scolding her, reported the Harian Metro.

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Vidia Naipaul's adopted daughter Maleeha-Maria is all set to tie the knot. Maleeha, 30, a former model who runs House of AM, a fashion label based in Lahore, Pakistan, will marry Mian Zarrar Saeed, an investment banker, reports the Telegraph.

August 27th, 2009 LONDON - The marriage and political career of Silvio Berlusconi could be saved by sex addiction therapy, according to an updated biography of Veronica Lario, the Italian Prime Minister's estranged wife. The explosive tome, by Maria Latella, an Italian journalist who has known Lario for 18 years, appeared in Italian bookshops yesterday.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Patrizia D'Addario, the escort girl who claims to have slept with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is reportedly planning to write a book about her erotic adventures. Meanwhile, D'Addario, 42, who recorded her encounter with the 72-year-old tycoon on her mobile telephone, visited police in Bari on Wednesday and sources at the prosecutor's office said she was there to file a counter claim against her former lover's wife and to discuss the allegations of attempted murder, reports The Times.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Patrizia D'Addario, the escort girl who claims to have slept with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has been accused of attempting to murder a former boyfriend. D'Addario, 42, who recorded her encounter with the 72-year-old tycoon on her mobile telephone, visited police in Bari on Wednesday and sources at the prosecutor's office said she was there to file a counter claim against her former lover's wife and to discuss the allegations of attempted murder, reports The Telegraph.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi's private life is again in the spotlight after audiotapes of the Italian Prime Minister's alleged encounter with an escort girl at his Rome residence were posted on the internet. The Italian daily La Repubblica and its sister weekly, L'Espresso, published bits and bobs of the alleged bedroom conversation between Berlusconi and Patrizia D'Addario, the woman whom his aides describe as a prostitute, reports The Times.

June 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani father has been detained after allegedly marrying off his eight-year-old daughter in exchange for a second bride. Abdul Rasool, 50, who has three daughters, allegedly wanted to tie the knot with Haseena, 19, who was already married.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is involved in a fresh sex scandal after a former model claimed to have pictures showing the two of them in his bedroom. Patrizia DAddario, who claims that she and other women were paid to attend Berlusconis private parties, said Thursday she had secretly recorded video footage of her encounters in the prime ministers Rome residence.

June 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Silvio Berlusconi's estranged wife Veronica Lario has shot down reports claiming that she cheated on the Italian premier during their 19-year marriage. After tiring of his womanizing ways, Lario, 52, is seeking a divorce from the Prime Minister.

June 1st, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's allies have blamed his wife Veronica Lario for breaking their marriage. In an interview to pro-Berlusconi Libero, Daniele Santanche, a centre-right MP and long-time friend of Berlusconi, has revealed that Lario is close to a member of her security detail.

May 21st, 2009 RAWALPINDI - In a bizarre incident that highlights the effect the Taliban has had on the social set-up of the country, a man in Pakistan beheaded his son-in-law for marrying his daughter against his will. According to the Daily Times, Amjad, a milkman, married Farooq's daughter two years ago against his wishes.

May 2nd, 2009 Girl's father does not want Madonna to adopt herNEW YORK — The father of a girl from Malawi whom Madonna hopes to adopt says he's capable of taking care of his daughter. James Kambewa (kam-BEH'-wah) is believed to be the biological father of Chifundo (chee-FOON'-doh) "Mercy" James.

April 30th, 2009 Miss California to campaign against gay marriageNEW YORK — The reigning Miss California has gone to Washington to help launch a campaign opposing same-sex marriage. Carrie Prejean told NBC's "Today" show Thursday that she'll be working with the National Organization for Marriage to "protect traditional marriages." The 21-year-old says that marriage is "something that is very dear to my heart" and she's in Washington to help save it.

April 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - Supermodel Heidi Klum, who is pregnant with her fourth child, is hoping to have another daughter. 'We'd be happy with either.

April 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After publicly executing men, women on charges of having illicit relations, the Taliban has now taken up the job of arranging marriages too. According to a BBC report, the insurgent group has set up a 'marriage centre' in Swat for those boys and girls who want to choose their life partners according to their own will, but their family members are against it.