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19:39, May 14, 2008 |
An Italian judge decided Wednesday that Premier Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial involving an alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan.
Milan Judge Oscar Magi ruled that both Berlusconi and former premier Romano Prodi could be called to testify in the trial in which U.S. and Italian spies were accused of abducting a terrorist suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt.
According to Italian prosecutors, Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr was abducted in February 2003 as part of the CIA's program to secretly transfer terror suspects to third countries.
Italy's former spy chief Nicolo Pollari, one of the accused, argued that the past and present heads of government could confirm the existence of classified documents proving that he had nothing to do with the accusations.
Berlusconi was Italy's premier in 2003.
Source: Xinhua
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