Italy: Berlusconi Begins His Community Service

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Dodging a scrum of reporters, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy on Friday began serving his sentence for tax fraud at a nursing home outside Milan. Mr. Berlusconi, 77, was ordered to serve a year of community service, and he will spend four hours a week assisting Alzheimer’s patients. He did not stop to speak with reporters, slipping in and out of the nursing home, which is in Cesano Boscone. On Thursday, he told a radio station that he was certain that he would be able to help “those in need” and that the experience would enrich him. He also said that he had been studying the latest treatments for Alzheimer’s.