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...gangsters have intermittently gunned down crusading lawmakers, priests and magistrates, but more often Cosa Nostra looks to forge secret (and peaceful) links with the political establishment. The most shocking allegation of such collusion was, in fact, embodied in an alleged kiss. Italy's former seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti faced a series of trials in the 1990s in which one witness claimed that he had exchanged a kiss of respect with then Mafia "boss of bosses" Salvatore Riina. Andreotti, who is currently a Senator for Life, was definitively absolved of the charges, and there was never any corroborating evidence...
...miscommunication - even when he was right, as he arguably was when he called the euro-zone deficit limits "stupid." Perhaps his bigger problem was faltering support for the E.U. in the capitals of Europe. "It was a lot easier being Commission President when you had Mitterrand, Kohl and Andreotti pushing the Union from the capitals," sighs a top Prodi confidante. Delors disagrees; after all, he had to contend with the doyenne of Euro-skeptics, Margaret Thatcher. He thinks his achievements had more to do with his approach than with the historical context. "The Commission should be of service...
...maximum of 12 years. As for Giuffrè, who authorities believe has more than 40 murders under his belt but will likely see several life sentences reduced for his cooperation, the next stop is as a witness in the Mafia-association trial of former seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Giuffrè, no doubt, will again testify with his back to the judges...
...SENTENCED. GIULIO ANDREOTTI, 83, senator for life and one of Italy's most powerful postwar leaders who served seven times as Premier; to 24 years' imprisonment for collusion in the 1979 Mafia murder of an investigative journalist; in Rome. His conviction, which over-turned an acquittal on the same charges three years ago, sparked heated criticism from sup-porters like Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who is currently on trial for corruption charges. "Andreotti" said Berlusconi, "is the victim of justice gone mad." Andreotti plans to appeal, though he is unlikely to face jail time given...
Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, the country's leading postwar statesman, went on trial Tuesday, charged with trading political favors in Rome for votes supplied by the Mafia . "Is it possible that a man who represented Italy for 50 years at the same time swore allegiance to Cosa Nostra?" his defense attorney, Franco Coppi, shouted to the Palermo courtroom. The 76-year-old Andreotti, a reputed crime-fighter who served as premier seven times, is the highest Italian official ever to be tried on mob charges. "Much of the testimony against Andreotti is supplied by pentiti -- repentant Mafiosi...