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A judge in Milan said the trial would start on April 6 after examining more
than 600 pages of prosecution evidence and ruling that there was ample
evidence for the case to proceed without a preliminary hearing.

Mr Berlusconi, 74, who has faced more than 100 different cases, according to
his spokesman, but has never been definitively convicted, will not be
required to appear in court or give evidence.

But the ruling dealt him a severe blow at a time when he is reeling from
splits within his conservative coalition, falling electoral support, a
string of lurid sex scandals and demands for his resignation.

Prosecutors allege that he paid for sexual relations with Karima El Mahroug,
a 17-year-old Moroccan-born erotic dancer who, they say, was working at a
prostitute at the time of the encounters last year.

She is one of a long list of young women who allegedly took part in
so-called "bunga bunga" sex parties at which they cavorted in nurses'
uniforms and performed pole dances and strip teases.

Investigators further allege that the prime minister abused his office by
personally telephoning a police station in Milan last May to have Miss El
Mahroug, nicknamed Ruby the Heart Stealer, released on unrelated theft
charges.

Paying for sex with a prostitute who is under 18 is an offence under Italian
law which carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail.

The abuse of office charge carries a prison term of between four and 12
years.

Since entering politics 17 years ago Mr Berlusconi ­ Italy's third richest
man ­ has faced numerous trials on allegations of corruption, tax evasion
and other corporate malpractice, but this is the first time that he has been
indicted for conduct in his private life.

Opposition parties said the allegations were so grave that the prime
minister had no option but to resign.

"Leave the premiership, let us not be the laughing stock of the world," said
Alessandro Maran of the Democratic Party, the main opposition bloc.

Mr Berlusconi's lawyers have questioned the investigators' competence to
bring the case on the basis that the alleged encounters happened at the
premier's mansion on the outskirts of Milan, outside the court's
jurisdiction.

They have said that the case should be dealt with by the Ministers Tribunal,
a special section of the magistracy that deals with accusations against
ministers.

Mr Berlusconi has justified making the call to the police station because he
said he believed Miss El Mahroug when she told him that she was the
granddaughter of Egypt's recently toppled ruler, Hosni Mubarak, and that he
wanted to avoid a diplomatic incident.