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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has turned to writing love songs as he recovers from an attack that left him with a broken nose and two broken teeth, reports said Thursday.
"In 2010, there will be a new record, the fourth, of the musical duo Berlusconi and (guitarist Mariano) Apicelli...," the daily Corriere della Serra said in a report.
Berlusconi, who worked as a cruise ship singer in his youth, first collaborated with his friend Apicelli in 2003.
The recordings would include songs entitled "There is love", "But if I lose you", and "Stay with me", it added.
Berlusconi, 73, was attacked in Milan on December 13 by a man -- said to have a long history of psychiatric troubles -- who hit him in the face with a miniature model of Milan Cathedral.
"He likes to write lyrics and enjoys singing them," said La Stampa daily, adding that eight of the 12 songs on the album "expected for 2010, the demands of office allowing" were ready.
The title of the album and its cover design, however, remained top secret.
