Italian lawmakers are considering prosecutors' requests to authorize a search of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's property in a prostitution probe.
The Chamber of Deputies' website on Monday posted the request, in which Milan prosecutors allege that Berlusconi had sex with a "significant number" of young prostitutes.
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Prosecutors asked permission for a police search of an apartment complex near Milan where the women allegedly stayed rent-free. Berlusconi denies wrongdoing.