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Silvio's Highs And Lows Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi basked - albeit briefly - in a Milan court's ruling that cleared him of corruption charges in a case he'd long maintained was politically motivated. "Better late than never," he said Friday, after a three-judge panel lifted a judicial cloud that had followed Berlusconi since he entered politics in 1994. The court absolved the billionaire media mogul of bribing judges during a mid-1980s takeover battle. Still, the judges stopped short of a full acquittal, invoking the statute of limitations on a related bribery charge, implying some degree...
...REOPENED. LA SCALA, celebrated Italian opera house; after a three-year, $81 million renovation; in Milan. The event drew 2,000 VIPs, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and actress Sophia Loren, and featured a performance of Antonio Salieri's Europa Revealed, La Scala's inaugural opera...
...snarling at my audacity to bring forth yet another article demonstrating the supposed liberal bias in the media, I’ll happily concede that there were papers running pro-Bush news articles. I might add, however, that these were largely owned by one of two sources: Silvio Berlusconi, the right-wing Prime Minister of Italy, media magnate and wealthiest man in the country, who is currently faced with bribing charges; or the infamous Rupert Murdoch, known to British political magazine Private Eye as the “Dirty Digger...
...Stablity Pact EUROPEAN UNION The crisis over the incoming European Commission appeared resolved, as leaders in the European Parliament indicated they would endorse Commission President José Manuel Barroso's new lineup in a vote set for this week. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi nominated Foreign Minister Franco Frattini to replace Rocco Buttiglione, who had angered parliamentarians with his comments on gays and women. The Latvian government replaced its much-criticized nominee, Ingrida Udre, with diplomat Andris Piebalgs. Amid a minor reshuffle that saw Hungarian Laszlo Kovacs moved from energy to tax, Neelie Kroes - the embattled Dutch candidate for Competition Commissioner...
...Continent fear the answer is yes, and last week urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to help out. According to official estimates, the euro zone grew by 0.3% in the third quarter? - less than expected and half the pace registered in the first six months. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and other Italian officials called for coordinated intervention by central banks to support the dollar, which briefly dropped to a low of $1.30 against the euro, hurting European exports. Wolfgang Clement, the German Economy Minister, said the European Central Bank should "do its part to calm the situation...