1.   Politicians disagreed over whether the indictment request spelled the end of a political career for the bull-dog former lawman.

2.   A judge must now rule on the indictment requests.

3.   A judge must now decide whether to grant the indictment request.

4.   And he blames the indictment requests as part of a vendetta.

5.   Berlusconi on Sunday declined to talk about both the indictment request, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

6.   Berlusconi was questioned, but no indictment request has been made.

7.   Judge Edoardo Landi must now rule on the indictment request.

8.   Judge Edoardo Landi could begin hearings on the indictment request in January, the ANSA news agency said Tuesday.

9.   Judge Edoardo Landi must now rule on the indictment request, the ANSA news agency said.

10.   Judge Roberto Spano also turned down a second indictment request that alleged Di Pietro had committed graft in trying to get the contract for friends of his.