Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he leaves the Justice Palace in Milan March 28, 2011. Berlusconi appeared in court for the first time in almost eight years on Monday, in a trial over alleged fraud during the acquisition of television broadcasting rights. The constitutional court lifted Berlusconi's immunity from trial earlier this year, exposing him to three corruption and fraud cases linked to his Mediaset broadcasting empire and a separate trial in which he is accused of having sex with an underage prostitute. [Xinhua]