Berlusconi "blackmail" demand for presidential pardon
ROME -- Silvio Berlusconi threatened Saturday to bring down the Italian Government unless President Giorgio Napolitano pardons him from his tax fraud conviction, political sources say.
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ROME -- Silvio Berlusconi threatened Saturday to bring down the Italian Government unless President Giorgio Napolitano pardons him from his tax fraud conviction, political sources say.
ROME-The supreme court handed Silvio Berlusconi a 4 year prison term for tax fraud but his political future evidently hangs on a new trial to determine how long he is banned from public office.
ROME -- The Court of Cassation confirmed Thursday Silvio Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction and a 4 year prison term but ordered a new trial to decide how long he will be banned from public office.
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