Italy's highest court todaycleared seven-times prime minister Mr Giulio Andreotti on chargesthat he had ordered the Mafia murder of a journalist in 1979. The Court of Cassation overturned a verdict by a lower courtlast November which had convicted the 84-year-old life senatorand sentenced him to 24 years in prison.
Italian court overturns Andreotti murder ruling
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