Italian Senate committee starts Berlusconi expulsion process
Italian senators met on Friday to decide whether to move towards expelling Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over his conviction for tax fraud, opening the way for a final decision later this month which could seal his political fate.
Berlusconi, who has dominated Italian politics for the past two decades, did not attend the hearing but denounced the procedure as a manoeuvre by his political enemies to remove him. (Reuters)
