ALTERNATIVE VERSION OF XLB101-- Italy's former Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves as he leaves the 'Sacra Famiglia' institute in Cesano Boscone, Italy, Friday, July 18, 2014. An Italian appeals court has acquitted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in a sex-for-hire case. The court's decision Friday also throws out his seven-year-prison sentence and lifetime ban on holding political office that were given to him by a lower court when it convicted him last year. Berlusconi had been accused of of paying for sex with an underage prostitute and then using his influence to cover it up. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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