Oil spill trial opens in France
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France begins a trial over the 1999 Erika oil spill - one of the country's worst environmental disasters.
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The former director of a Russian fertilizer company took the stand Friday as the first witness in the fraud and tax evasion trial of former Yukos oil company chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a top business partner.
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The captains of two vessels that triggered a massive oil spill in South Korea are charged with negligence.
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A Paris court convicted French oil giant Total SA on Wednesday over the 1999 sinking of an aging and rusting tanker in rough seas, which caused France's worst-ever oil spill.
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Allies of Jacques Chirac went on trial on  Monday charged with vote-rigging in Paris at a time when the  French president was city mayor.
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French film director Jean-Claude Brisseau is sent to trial for the alleged sexual harassment of four actresses.
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In France, 12 people have gone on trial for running a phone-tapping operation used by the late President Francois Mitterrand to monitor his opponents.
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A trial opens in Paris into the late President Francois Mitterrand's  wiretapping of his opponents.
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France's highest court paved the way Friday for a trial of officials being investigated in connection with the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people.
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Allies of Jacques Chirac went on trial on   Monday charged with vote-rigging in Paris at a time when the   French president was city mayor.
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A seven-member jury was chosen Monday in the first trial for one of the several thousand lawsuits that Louisiana homeowners filed against their insurers in federal court after Hurricane Katrina.
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N'DJAMENA  - Six French humanitarian workers accused in Chad of trying to smuggle 103 African children to Europe will go on trial on December 21 after authorities speeded up the handling of their case, lawyers said on Thursday.
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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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s the first criminal trial stemming from the financial deals at Enron opens in Houston today, it will be notable as much for who is not among the six defendants as who is - and for how little
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The first criminal trial involving former executives of the now infamous energy company, Enron, begins today in a case that could have a crucial bearing on future trials of the company&#39;s top officials.
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A new trial on corruption charges against former Premier Silvio Berlusconi opened Tuesday, just as the opposition leader is seeking to capitalize on weaknesses in the governing coalition to get back into power.Comment
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Employee shareholders at Societe Generale said Wednesday they had started legal action following a multi-billion-euro rogue trader scandal at the French bank.