Former Italian Pm Silvio Berlusconi

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  Silvio Berlusconi: Italian Leader Who Once Compared Himself To Jesus

  Silvio Berlusconi -- who has died at 86 -- dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul and the country's longest serving premier. But he was always dogged by scandal.

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  Former Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi And His Many Scandals

  Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was dogged throughout his life by legal woes and scandal, which became as much a part of his legend as his work in politics, media and sport.

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  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Diagnosed With Leukaemia

  Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalised on Wednesday after complaining of breathing issues.

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  Man Sets Himself Alight In Front Of Berlusconi's House

  An Italian set himself on fire today in front of the house of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and was rushed to hospital in a serious but stable condition, Italian media said.

• Italy: Former PM Silvio Berlusconi's divorce paves way for possible third marriage

  Italy's billionaire former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is officially divorced, paving the way for a possible future marriage with a woman almost 50 years his junior, the Italian media reported on Wednesday.

• Italian court insists former PM Silvio Berlusconi devised tax fraud

  Italy's Supreme Court has defended its decision earlier this month to uphold the tax fraud conviction of Silvio Berlusconi, saying the evidence was clear that the former premier devised a tax fraud scheme for the acquisition of film rights for his media empire.

• Italy court sentences former PM Silvio Berlusconi to one year jail in wiretap trial

  An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a one-year jail term for making public the taped contents of a confidential phone call in a case related to a 2005 banking scandal.

• VVIP chopper scandal: Bribes necessary to do global business, says former Italian PM

  Defending Finmeccanica SpA's jailed ex-chief executive officer Giuseppe Orsi, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today said bribes are a necessary part of doing business globally.

• Court denies former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's bid to halt sex trial

  A Milan court on Monday rejected a bid by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi to halt his sex-for-hire trial because of Italy's general election campaign, a ruling that means a verdict could come before the February vote.

• Star witness at former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi sex trial but lawyers seek halt

  The exotic dancer at the centre of a sex trial against Italy's Silvio Berlusconi arrived to testify for the first time in court on Monday but the billionaire's lawyers immediately asked for the proceedings to be suspended until after elections in February.

• Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's accountant held hostage for a night

  Silvio Berlusconi's accountant was taken hostage in his home by armed intruders who demanded a USD 44 million ransom from the former Italian premier, Italy's police said today.

• Berlusconi ducks bribery verdict as trial thrown out

  An Italian court threw out bribery charges against Silvio Berlusconi under the statute of limitations on Saturday after a five-year trial, in another judicial victory for the former prime minister.

• Berlusconi challenges judges in bribery case

  Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi demanded on Saturday the judges in his bribery trial be stood down, after prosecutors called for a five-year jail term.