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In this Friday, March 26, 2010 file photo, Premier Silvio Berlusconi covers his eyes as he tells a joke during the closing of the electoral campaign in Rome. (AP/Riccardo De Luca)

Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government hanging

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—A supreme court ruling upholding a tax fraud conviction against former center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has left the fate of Italy’s fragile ruling coalition in the balance, although his supporters said the government would not be brought...

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Franco Coppi (C), a lawyer of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leaves the Court of Cassation building, in central Rome, 30 July 2013. (EPA/ANGELO CARCONI)

Italy’s top court begins crucial Berlusconi case hearing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 30, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italy’s supreme court heard on Tuesday Silvio Berlusconi’s last appeal against a jail sentence and ban from public office for tax fraud in a case which could threaten the survival of the shaky coalition government. If five top judges hand...

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Italian Prime Minister Designate Enrico Letta (R) announces his cabinet list after a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, 27 April 2013 (EPA/GIUSEPPE LAMI)

Italy Forms New Government After 2-Month Stalemate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 27, 2013 | World

Rome, Associated Press—A coalition of Silvio Berlusconi’s forces and center-left rivals forged a new Italian government Saturday, an unusual alliance that broke a two-month deadlock following inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. The daunting...

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Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi casts his ballot in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Berlusconi Gets Jail Sentence in Wiretap Trial

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2013 | World

Milan, Reuters—An Italian court sentenced ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday to one year in jail over the publication by his family’s newspaper of a transcript of a leaked wiretap connected to a banking scandal in 2006. Italian justice system rules...