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Eugene

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Fri May 18, 2012, 03:19 PM May 2012

Italy court upholds ruling clearing Berlusconi

Source: Reuters

Italy court upholds ruling clearing Berlusconi

ROME | Fri May 18, 2012 3:01pm EDT

(Reuters) - Italy's highest appeals court on Friday upheld a decision that cleared former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a fraud and embezzlement case related to his private broadcaster Mediaset.

Milan magistrates who wanted Berlusconi to be indicted lodged an appeal after a judge ruled last October that there was not enough evidence for a trial for the former prime minister.

That judge did, however, order Berlusconi's son Pier Silvio and Fedele Confalonieri, respectively the deputy chairman and chairman of Mediaset, to stand trial in the same case, which has been dubbed the "Mediatrade" case.

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