Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in prison over a sex scandal and abuse of power. On Monday, an Italian court in Milan handed Berlusconi the prison term and a lifetime ban from holding public positions, after convicting him of inappropriate relations with an under-age girl and then using his influence... 

A scandal similar to one where the former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a defendant broke out in France. Only this time the accused is the former Secretary of State Georges Tron who is believed to be close to President Nicolas Sarkozy. This story began unfolding in May. Georges Tron was reminded of the sins that he might have committed in the period from 1994 to...