Silvio Berlusconi

...saying: "Berlusconi would be well advised to pack his bags and get a change of air." The "Alfano Law," one of Berlusconi's first acts after winning last year's election, halted all the cases against him, including one where he is accused of...

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...making laws for his personal use and step down". Berlusconi now faces at least two legal battles, which he dismissed as "authentic farces" while vowing to fight his accusers in court. In one case, the conservative premier is accused of...

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...had most at stake from losing it. The opposition celebrated the verdict, with the anti-graft Italy of Values party saying: "Berlusconi would be well advised to pack his bags and get a change of air." Continued... Thomson Reuters is the...

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...his bags and get a change of air.' It is the second time that the court has thrown out Mr Berlusconi's attempts to have immunity from the cases against him, after an earlier version was rejected in 2004. The latest law also covered the...

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These things do not bother me,' he said. The opposition celebrated the verdict, with the Italy of Values party saying: 'Berlusconi would be well advised to pack his bags and get a change of air.' The state attorney warned that, if the law...

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...called on Mr Berlusconi to "stop making laws for his personal use and step down". The highest-profile case Mr Berlusconi faces involves lawyer David Mills, the estranged husband of British Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, who was found...

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...Friday, at which Mr Berlusconi could now be called as a witness. An opposition party, Italy of Values, said it was time for Mr Berlusconi to "pack his bags and clear out". But Mr Berlusconi condemned the ruling by the court as politically...

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...up to the last minute, just like Saddam Hussein," said Antonio Di Pietro, the leader of the Italy of Values party. A spokesman for Mr Berlusconi's party accused Mr Di Pietro of "poisoning" the political climate. (© Daily Telegraph, London)

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...equals". Mr Berlusconi, 73, has repeatedly complained of being unfairly hounded by "Left-wing" magistrates who he claims have waged a politically motivated campaign against him since he first entered politics 15 years ago. An opposition...

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