French mercenary absent at appeal
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A French mercenary fails to attend a trial over his suspended sentence for a coup attempt in the Comoros.
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A French court postponed on Wednesday a   verdict in the case of six former Guantanamo Bay inmates who   face terrorism charges, demanding more information about how   evidence against them was obtained.
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A French presidential hopeful's brother is unlikely to be tried over the Rainbow Warrior bombing, New Zealand says.
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Jockey Kieren Fallon faces a hearing before French racing authorities after failing a drugs test.
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Sir Mark Thatcher is to be tried in absentia over an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, a lawyer says.
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Â· Martial arts enthusiast 'refused to drop firearm'   Â· Weapon was not fired, says complaints commission
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Former French PM Alain Juppe launches an appeal against a corruption conviction which has barred him from active politics.
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TORONTO (CP) - The start of the lawsuit pitting Vince Carter against his former agent William (Tank) Black has been delayed a day because the judge is unavailable.
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The trader blamed for a $7 billion fraud at French bank Societe Generale is not on the run and will be questioned by police at an appropriate moment, the Paris prosecutors' office said on Saturday.
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Business & money: Fallen media tycoon's lawyers fail to convince US judge to allow him to remain at liberty while appeal against conviction is heard
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Unlawful killing verdict after Iraq patrol not given life-saving bomb disabling device.
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A diagnosis of the illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was flown to France for treatment yesterday will not be available for several days.
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The French judge supposed to be looking into allegations of evidence-tampering in the Princess Diana death enquiry has been taken off the case after being accused of inaction.
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A French court postponed on Wednesday a  verdict in the case of six former Guantanamo Bay inmates who  face terrorism charges, demanding more information about how  evidence against them was obtained.
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A French restaurant inspector who lifted the lid on the secretive inner workings of the Michelin guide has lost his claim for unfair dismissal, but says he will appeal the decision.
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The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider another issue related to the rights of terrorism suspects &#151; rejecting without comment an appeal by Ali Saleh Kahlab al-Marri, one of three people who have been held in America as enemy combatants without traditional legal rights.
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Two French journalists are missing in Iraq and have not been heard from since Thursday, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said Saturday.