Italy's Berlusconi faces showdowns with justice
A tax fraud trial involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resumes in Milan today, in the first of a series of showdowns between the embattled leader and Italy's justice system.
The 74-year-old media tycoon turned politician has been asked to appear before the court to face accusations that his Mediaset business empire engaged in a fraud to make its revenues appear smaller than they really were.
The trial was suspended in April 2010 after parliament adopted a hugely controversial law that granted Berlusconi temporary immunity but Italy's Constitutional Court partially struck down the legislation last month.
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