1.   A preliminary indictment hearing was held Thursday for two men accused of killing an American boy last year in a highway shooting.

2.   An indictment hearing for Andreotti, accused of having Mafia ties, is scheduled for Palermo on Friday.

3.   And even the wait between arrest and an indictment hearing can be years.

4.   At his indictment hearing last month, he expressed sorrow for the victims and said he faced death himself if he disobeyed orders.

5.   But the indictment hearing is expected to be postponed.

6.   Former SS Maj. Karl Hass is accused along with Priebke and faces an indictment hearing on Friday.

7.   Indictment hearing may be postponed.