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French ex president Jacques Chirac gets two years suspended for corruption
Mr Chirac, (79), was not in court in France to hear the verdict because of ill-health. He was President of France from 1995 to 2007, but was on trial on charges that dated back to his time as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Updated: 12/15/2011 08:12A
Verdict for Malaysia's Anwar expected in January
by AP KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that a conviction in his sodomy trial would only strengthen his opposition alliance ahead of elections, after the High Court announced that it would deliver its verdict on
Updated: 12/15/2011 08:02A
Soldier's death brings open verdict
A coroner has recorded an open verdict in the inquest of a Wiltshire soldier who died after he was punched to the ground during an argument on a night out. Private Matt Brooks, from Trowbridge, suffered a fractured skull and died five days after the
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:56A
Historic Chirac verdict broadly welcomed Adds: Releads, adds comments from
Paris - French opposition politicians and anti-corruption campaigners on Thursday welcomed the guilty verdict returned against former president Jacques Chirac in the first ever criminal trial and conviction involving a former French head of state.
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:55A
Anwar Ibrahim awaiting verdict in Sodomy case
The Opposition leader in Malaysia; Anwar Ibrahim whose trial recently ended in a sodomy case against him and a 26 year old former male aide in Kuala lumpur high court is facing 20 years in prison if found guilty of the charge.
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:53A
Race row: Kenny Dalglish backs Luis Surez as FA nears verdict
The Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has again offered Liverpool's Luis Surez his full support as the Football Association nears a verdict on racism allegations against the striker. The Uruguay international has been charged with abusing Manchester
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:49A
Sebastian Vettel voted best F1 driver of 2011 by team bosses
The annual team principals' verdict is compiled by getting the top ten driver rankings of every boss, which are kept secret, and then converting their rankings into the F1 points' system (25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1). The final scores are added up to
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:47A
French ex-president Chirac convicted in graft trial
"We've seen a strong message delivered today: politicians can no longer do as they please when in charge of public administrations," he told reporters outside the court. The case came to a head after 13 years of wrangling over allegations that 28 of
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:47A
Defense team doesn't believe in appeals court's overturning verdict in
The defense counsel of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Vlasenko, has said he believes that Kyiv Court of Appeals will uphold the verdict of Pechersky District Court of Kyiv sentencing his client to seven years in prison for exceeding her
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:46A
French court convicts ex-President Chirac guilty of corruption in party
But the 79-year-old former leader did not take part in the trial, after doctors determined that he suffers severe memory lapses. The court said Thursday it had found Chirac guilty in two related cases involving fake jobs created at the RPR party,
Updated: 12/15/2011 07:45A
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