May 28, 2012
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PM Berlusconi misses court date
22 March 2011 / REUTERS, MILAN
The legal marathon facing Silvio Berlusconi resumed on Monday when a bribery trial reopened in Milan but the Italian prime minister, due to brief the cabinet on the Libya emergency, did not appear in court.
Italy’s involvement in the air campaign against his former friend Muammar Gaddafi has diverted some attention from Berlusconi’s legal woes but the premier is confronting court battles that have overshadowed Rome political life for months. The “Rubygate” affair, in which Berlusconi stands accused of paying a minor for an affair, has grabbed headlines globally. But also in store for Berlusconi are a series of trials over accusations of fraud and corruption related to his vast business empire. The trials were effectively put on hold for more than a year because of a law which allowed him to claim that his official duties did not leave him enough time to prepare his defense. His immunity was lifted by a constitutional court ruling in January.
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