Berlusconi to be tried for fraud (what again?)

An Italian judge has ruled that former PM Silvio Berlusconi should stand trial over alleged fraud concerning his family's media company Mediaset.

It follows an investigation into claims of embezzlement, false accounting, tax fraud and money laundering in TV rights deals between 1994 and 1999.

This marks the sixth time he has appeared before a court on corruption charges. On the three occasions he was found guilty, his convictions were either cancelled on appeal or the case was dropped because too much time had elapsed between the alleged offence and the trial.