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, 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.

PERUGIA, Italy, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S. student Amanda Knox ended her testimony Saturday in her Italian trial over the death of British student Meredith Kercher.

PERUGIA, Italy, June 11 (UPI) -- Amanda Knox, the U.S. college student charged with killing her roommate in Italy, faces the test of her life when she testifies at her trial, observers say.

PERUGIA, Italy, March 16 (UPI) -- An appeals court Monday awarded a former suspect in Italy's notorious coed killing case $10,350 in damages for his unjust imprisonment.

PERUGIA, Italy, March 13 (UPI) -- Surveillance camera images introduced in an Italian court Friday are the last known images of slain British student Meredith Kercher, a police officer says.