1.   A doctor on Tuesday found former Nazi officer Erich Priebke well enough to attend an appeals trial on his conviction for taking part in a World War II massacre.

2.   An appeals trial on their corruption charges was to start later this week.

3.   Appeal trials are automatic in Italy.

4.   Appeals trials are automatic.

5.   Eighty-four year old former SS Maj. Karl Hass, also convicted in participating in the massacre, is a co-defendant in the appeals trial.

6.   He remains free, pending an appeals trial.

7.   No date for an appeal trial has been set.

8.   The appeals trial is expected to take about a week.

9.   That second trial formed the basis for the appeals trial which ended on Saturday.

10.   The appeal trial, as with the original trial, was closed to foreign reporters.