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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/parliament-backs-premier-berlusconi.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi talks to politicians at the Lower Chamber, in Rome" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-parliament-backs-premier-berlusconi.jpg" alt="Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi talks to politicians at the Lower Chamber, in Rome"/></a></p>
<p>The Italian parliament has rebuffed a request by prosecutors to search some of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi&#8217;s properties as part of a prostitution probe, giving the embattled leader a much-needed victory.</p>
<p>Milan prosecutors say Mr Berlusconi paid for sex with a minor and then used his office to cover it up. </p>
<p>They wanted to search the offices of Berlusconi accountant Giuseppe Spinelli, who allegedly handled payments on behalf of the premier to the minor as well as other payments to a number of young women who attended parties at his villas.</p>
<p>The premier has denied wrongdoing.</p>
<p>Parliament rejected the prosecution requests in a 315-298 vote that came after a four-hour debate in the lower house.</p>
<p>The case was back to the prosecutors, challenging their jurisdiction.</p>
<p>The vote might have limited impact on the investigation. Magistrates are planning to go ahead with their probe and are expected to issue a request to charge Mr Berlusconi as early as next week.</p>
<p>But Thursday&#8217;s vote was a significant victory in a test of Mr Berlusconi&#8217;s grip on parliament. The premier&#8217;s parliamentary majority eroded after he fell out with an ally last year, and he barely survived two votes of confidence in December.</p>
<p>Making the vote even more sensitive, Mr Berlusconi had already suffered a setback when a parliamentary commission deadlocked a government plan to grant Italy&#8217;s towns and cities a greater role in taxation.</p>
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