Defence lawyers seek Berlusconi's acquittal at close of lengthy trial
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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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An Italian court dropped a key corruption charge against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday, invoking a statute of limitations that meant time had run out to press a conviction.
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CAIRO/ROME  - A Muslim cleric freed from a prison in Egypt four years after being grabbed in Milan in a suspected CIA kidnapping wants to sue former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi for damages, his lawyer said on Monday.
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An Italian prosecutor asked a court on Friday to sentence Silvio Berlusconi to eight years in jail for bribing judges as the prime minister's four-year corruption trial reached its closing stages.
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An Italian prosecutor on Friday asked a  court to sentence Silvio Berlusconi to eight years in jail for  bribing judges as the prime minister's four-year corruption  trial reached its closing stages.
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The trial of Silvio Berlusconi resumes in Milan as Italy's former prime minister is treated for a minor heart complaint in hospital.
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Judges in the corruption trial of Silvio Berlusconi withdrew on Thursday to decide their verdict and the prime minister said he was confident he would not be convicted.
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Judges in the four-year corruption trial against Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi retire to consider their verdict.
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A court cleared Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial yesterday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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Milan judges acquitted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of corruption after reducing the statute of limitations for the charge, ending a decade of legal battles that threatened his leadership.
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The Italian government on Wednesday sped  up parliamentary approval of a law that could overturn the  corruption convictions of a close friend of Prime Minister  Silvio Berlusconi, sparking fury among opposition politicians.
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An Italian prosecutor is asking a court to sentence Silvio Berlusconi to eight years in jail for bribing judges. This, as the prime minister&#39;s four-year corruption trial reaches its climax, reported CCTV Saturday.
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Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, is waiting to find out whether a court will find him guilty of bribing judges in the 1980s.
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A panel absolved Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy of corruption charges, ending a trial that had dragged on for more than four years.
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Defense attorneys for an Egyptian accused of masterminding the 2004 Madrid train bombings and a Morrocan who allegedly planted the explosives demanded their acquittals Monday, the last day of trial for 28 people charged in the terror attacks.
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MILAN A panel of three judges began deliberations Thursday in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy.
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An Italian prosecutor on Friday asked a court to sentence Silvio Berlusconi to eight years in prison for allegedly bribing judges.