** FILE ** Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario wait for US President W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush at the Villa Madama residence for a social dinner, in Rome, in this Friday, June 4, 2004 file photo. Over the past 10 months Silvio Berlusconi has lost power in a contested election, fainted during a political rally, undergone heart surgery and has been publicly rebuked by his scorned wife for flirting with other women. But the 70-year-old Berlusconi remains at the center of the political stage, his charismatic personality still capturing the imagination of Italians like no other. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)