Berlusconi wins immunity from prosecution

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Series Details 24.7.08
Publication Date 24/07/2008
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Article reports that Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s ­centre-right Prime Minister, has won a significant victory in his long-running battle with the courts, July 2008, by using his large parliamentary majority to pass a law giving himself immunity from prosecution.

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BBC News, 22.7.08: Italian MPs approve immunity law http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7520499.stm
ANSA, 26.9.08: Berlusconi immunity law challenged http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/english.shtml

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