Berlusconi has refused to apologise or retract his statement, although on Wednesday he told reporters he had used "debatable irony" when referring to the babies.

尽管贝卢斯科尼周三对记者说他在提及小孩的时候用了反讽的话，但是他拒绝道歉并收回言论。

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"We knew it would go like this, " Mr Berlusconi's defence lawyer Niccolo Ghedini told reporters.

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He told reporters last week that Prime Minister Berlusconi has not yet announced if and when he will come to Turin during the games.

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