Mass trial begins over French-Thai prostitution ring
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Twenty-seven people went on trial Monday in western France accused of running a prostitution ring whose profits were laundered via a luxury property development in Thailand.
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The trial of seven Pitcairn Island men,  descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers, began on  Wednesday with the mayor the first to face charges of rape and  underage sex, Television New Zealand reported.
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AUCKLAND : The trials of seven men facing multiple sex charges opened on the remote British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island with the mayor among the defendants, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported here.
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A French Muslim convert suspected of  plotting to attack an Australian nuclear power station went on  trial on terrorism charges in a Paris court on Wednesday.
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The trial begins of former French foreign minister Roland Dumas accused of corruption over art sales.
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A high-profile sex-abuse trial which opens this week is threatening the future of Pitcairn Island, the remote British Pacific colony founded by the Bounty mutineers more than 200 years ago.
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PITCAIRN ISLAND Half the men on remote Pitcairn Island, which is populated by descendants of the Bounty mutineers, go on trial Wednesday over a string of alleged sex attacks dating back up to 40 years.
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A trial has begun of 12 people accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.
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A trial is scheduled to begin this week on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific for seven men accused of nearly 100 charges of rape and child sex abuse dating back to the 1960s.
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Jury selection begins in the trial of ex-WorldCom boss Bernie Ebbers accused of masterminding a $11bn fraud.
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PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today hundreds of Muslims will be prosecuted over a demonstration that led to the deaths of 87 people in southern Thailand last week, in a move which could further raise tensions in the region.
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A trial is underway for 14 suspected mercenaries accused of plotting to topple the Government of Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich country in west Africa.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Three transvestites claimed trial at the magistrate's court yesterday to offering sex to passers-by.
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The trial of Emilio Botin - accused  of misusing Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano's funds - begins in Madrid.
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A trial begins in Paris over the late President Francois Mitterrand's  wiretapping of his opponents in the 1980s.
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ONE of the darkest chapters in Franceâs past resurfaced yesterday as a notorious bugging scandal, dubbed the French Watergate, came to trial more than 20 years after FranÃ§ois Mitterrand allegedly ordered the first of more than 150 illegal phone taps.
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A sexual abuse trial garnering international attention began on tiny Pitcairn Island, one of the most isolated places in the world.