ROME, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- British exchange student Meredith Kercher was killed by her roommate Amanda Knox in Perugia, Italy, in an act of revenge, prosecutors alleged Friday.

PERUGIA, Italy, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- An Italian court took up the appeal Wednesday of an Ivory Coast drifter convicted in the November 2007 slaying of British exchange student Meredith Kercher.

PERUGIA, Italy, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The DNA of a U.S. coed accused of slashing a roommate's throat in Italy is on the handle of a knife alleged to be the murder weapon, a prosecution source says.

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a U.S. student facing a murder charge in Italy suffered a setback Friday when a judge rejected a request for an expert to review DNA evidence.

PERUGIA, Italy, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Jurors in Italy have been permitted to examine a weapon prosecutors said U.S. student Amanda Knox used in the slaying of another student, court officials said.

PERUGIA, Italy, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Italian judges Monday turned down a defense request to annul the trial of a U.S. student and her Italian boyfriend accused of killing a British co-ed.

PERUGIA, Italy, July 6 (UPI) -- A defense witness says a knife identified as the murder weapon of a British co-ed in Italy isn't compatible with wounds suffered by Meredith Kercher.

PERUGIA, Italy, June 20 (UPI) -- U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox's mother told an Italian court her daughter had a positive relationship with slain British student Meredith Kercher.

PERUGIA, Italy, June 15 (UPI) -- Amanda Knox's clear testimony should help persuade an Italian jury she did not kill her British roommate, Curt Knox said of his daughter.