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Friday, January 16, 2009

Amanda Knox trial begins

US student Amanda Knox, left, is greeted by her lawyer Luciano Ghirga as she arrives in court in Perugia charged with the alleged murder of her British house mate, Meredith Kercher, on January 16, 2009. Knox, 21, a student from Seattle, Washington, and her former boyfriend, Sollecito, have been held awaiting trial since the immediate days after exchange student Kercher, 22, was found dead semi-nude in her bedroom with multiple stab wounds to her throat on November 2, 2007.

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