Italian high court upholds acquittal of ex-premier Andreotti on mob charges
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ROME  - Italy's highest criminal court upheld the acquittal of former premier Giulio Andreotti on Friday on charges of aiding the Mafia when he was in power - the final judgment in a decade-long case that shocked the country.
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An appeals court Friday ruled against removing the lead judge in the trial of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and the estranged husband of Britain's culture minister, a setback for the defense, Italian news agencies reported.
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Judges in the corruption trial of Silvio Berlusconi withdrew yesterday to decide their verdict and the prime minister said he was confident he would not be convicted.
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An Argentine court on Friday rejected an Indian demand to extradite Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who faces charges of taking bribes to swing a 1.3-billion-dollar arms purchase in the 1980s in favor of Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors.
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Milan judges acquitted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of corruption after reducing the statute of limitations, ending a decade of legal battles that threatened his leadership.
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ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of corruption charges - a major victory in the billionaire business baron&#39;s decade-long battle with legal woes he blamed on left-wing prosecutors.
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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was cleared today by a Milan court of charges that he bribed judges in the 1980s.
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A tribunal on Monday upheld President Olusegun Obasanjo's victory last year in Nigeria's first-ever civilian-run election, saying some balloting fraud had occurred but that the graft did not change the outcome of the vote.
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ROME  - Italy's first criminal trial of a sitting prime minister drew toward a close Friday, with defence lawyers making their final arguments aimed at trying to prevent Silvio Berlusconi from becoming the first convicted politician to hold the nation's most powerful office.
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All five defendants charged in the 1982 murder of Italian financier Roberto Calvi, nicknamed &quot;God&#39;s banker&quot; for his close ties to the Vatican, were acquitted Wednesday, the ANSA news agency reported.
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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of corruption charges by a Milan court. A three-judge jury backed the billionaire&#39;s fight to clear his name.
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An Italian man has his conviction upheld as a court finds that unwanted physical contact amounts to sexual violence.
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Malaysia&#39;s Federal Court Wednesday upheld the conviction for corruption of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, blocking him from politics till 2008.
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Italy's highest court upholds a ruling that cleared ex-PM Giulio Andreotti of having colluded with the Mafia.
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Giulio Andreotti Ã¨ assolto dall&#39;accusa di mafia, ma resta ancora per lui la macchia della prescrizione. Rigettando i ricorsi di accusa e difesa, la sentenza della Cassazione oggi ha confermato il verdetto
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy&#39;s prime minister, was on Friday cleared of corruption charges by a Milan court in a verdict that boosted his political fortunes as the country moves closer to national elections.
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The man convicted of killing UK tourist Peter Falconio loses an appeal to Australia's highest court.