Former premier Silvio
Berlusconi on Thursday lost a libel case over a report in
Italian daily La Repubblica in April 2001 about an Economist
cover story claiming he was "unfit to lead Italy" because of his
conflicts of interest.
Italy's supreme Court of Cassation said it was legitimate to
cover the story and rejected the Forza Italia leader's case
against La Repubblica's parent company, the L'Espresso
publishing group.
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