Mediagazer: Silvio Berlusconi convicted over publication of wiretapped conversations (Associated Press)

10:15 AM ET, March 7, 2013

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Silvio Berlusconi convicted over publication of wiretapped conversations — Former Italian prime minister is sentenced to one year in jail by Milan court — A court in Milan has convicted Silvio Berlusconi for the illegal publication of transcripts of wiretapped conversations in a newspaper owned by his media empire.

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