Word: berlusconis
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...Buoyed by the strongly antiwar tilt of public opinion in Europe and beyond, France, Germany and Russia continue to resist moves to ditch the inspection process and authorize an invasion. But for domestic political reasons, even such staunch Bush allies as Britain's Tony Blair and Italy's Silvio Berlusconi have pressed Washington to seek a second UN resolution before going to war. Unable to secure passage of a resolution authorizing the use of force right now, the U.S. and Britain have opted instead for a resolution that simply finds Iraq in "material breach" of Resolution 1441 - based in part...
Anyone tuned into the nightly prime-time TV show Blob might easily conclude that despite Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's virtual stranglehold on television broadcasting, the media in Italy have a free run. Blob , the creation of eccentric film buff turned TV maven Enrico Ghezzi, offers one of Italy's best shows by pasting together clips from some of its worst. Five excruciating seconds of a half-naked, singing showgirl segues into 30 seconds of politicians shouting each other down, which cuts to the day's sappiest moment from a low-budget soap. Into this kaleidoscope of bad taste Ghezzi...
...APPOINTED. MARINA BERLUSCONI, 36, eldest daughter of the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; to head Italy's largest publisher, Mondadori, by its board; in Milan. Marina is also deputy chairperson of Fininvest, the Berlusconi family's holding company that controls Mondadori. The PM has come under fire for his multibillion-dollar business interests...
...military chief, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce. Also seized were forged identity documents, some 100 cell phones and pictures of "martyrs of the Jihad." The police commander noted that none of the men arrested revealed any information about his companions. - By Jeff Israely/Naples Not Above the Law Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lashed out at the judiciary on TV, accusing it of meddling in politics. His broadcast followed a decision by the Supreme Court to reject his request to move his corruption trial to Brescia from Milan, where he said judges were biased against him. The decision means that his trial...
...live video testimony, broadcast on Tuesday in a Palermo courtroom, the 57-year-old former top lieutenant of Cosa Nostra - the Sicilian Mafia - offered sometimes electrifying allegations in the Mafia-association trial of Senator Marcello Dell'Utri, a close political ally and business partner of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But throughout the four hours of questioning, Giuffrè sat with his back to the camera - a security requirement. That left the three judges looking for other possible signs of sincerity in the man who says he decided to turn state's evidence two months after his April arrest because...