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France prosecutors seek suspended sentence, fine for ex-PM accused in Sarkozy defamation

October 21, 2009 08:30:00 AM

Paris prosecutors requested Tuesday that former prime minister Dominique de Villepin receive an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a 45,000 fine for his role in an alleged plot to defame several businessmen including current...

September 21, 2009 10:03:00 AM

A French court on Monday began the trial of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin , accused of slandering businessmen and top politicians including current French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST news...

August 18, 2009 10:23:00 AM

Niger's opposition parties on Monday announced that they would resist any effort to implement a new constitution expanding executive powers, which was approved by Nigerien voters earlier this month and validated by the country's Constitutional...

August 11, 2009 08:35:00 AM

A Myanmar court on Monday convicted opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi of violating the terms of her house arrest, sentencing her to an additional 18 months under house arrest. Suu Kyi had...

July 16, 2009 01:45:00 PM

The French National Assembly on Wednesday approved 282-238 a bill that would relax the country's restrictions on Sunday commercial activities. If passed by the Senate next week, the bill would alter a...

June 27, 2009 09:58:00 AM

The Labor Tribunal of Papeete in French Polynesia on Friday considered for the first time a demand brought directly against the French...

June 8, 2009 08:32:00 AM

US journalists Laura Ling and Seung-eun Lee were sentenced on Monday in North Korea's Pyongyang Central Court to 12 years in labor camps . The journalists were arrested in March for allegedly...

June 4, 2009 12:49:00 PM

North Korean state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced Thursday that the Pyongyang Central Court has begun the trial of two US journalists . Laura Ling and Euna...

November 20, 2008 12:13:00 PM

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been ordered to stand trial for "complicity in slanderous denunciation" in connection with the a long-running political scandal know as the Clearstream Affair [BBC...

August 16, 2008 10:10:00 AM

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre and eleven other rebel commanders were sentenced to death Friday in a Chadian court for crimes against the state after a mass trial in which dozens were tried. Habre...

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