Ex-French PM Juppe Appeals Conviction
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Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe, once viewed as a future president of France, began the appeal of his conviction in a political funding scandal, saying on Wednesday that he did not intend to break the law.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The lawyer for former prime minister Jean Chretien is thinking of launching a legal effort to have the judge heading the federal sponsorship inquiry removed from his post.
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A French appeals court on Friday ordered the extradition of a former member of Italy's Red Brigades left-wing terrorist group, a judicial official said.
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French judges searched the offices of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Friday, a day after targeting his home, as they investigated allegations he unlawfully tried to wreck Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential hopes.
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French judges searched the offices of  former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Friday, a day  after targeting his home, as they investigated allegations he  unlawfully tried to wreck Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s presidential hopes.
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The United States pressed its case on Thursday for former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega's extradition to France, countering objections from his lawyers that prompted a Florida judge to suspend temporarily the court-approved extradition.
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Maurice Papon, a former Cabinet minister who was convicted of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role in deporting Jews during World War II and became a symbol of France's collaboration with the Nazis, died Saturday. He was 96.
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FRENCH President Jacques Chirac renewed his appeal here today for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq. The French leader issued the appeal at a news conference following talks with Russian
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After a plummet in the polls, the once-hot  Socialist candidate tries to rejuvenate her campaign for the French presidency with an appeal to her base
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Former Credit Suisse First Boston banker Frank Quattrone asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow him to remain free while he appeals his conviction for obstructing justice.
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A former Libyan intelligence agent may have been wrongly convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a judicial panel said Thursday, recommending that he be granted a new appeal.
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Former French prime minister Alain Juppe got a new lease on his political life Wednesday when appeals judges reduced his sentence in a party financing scandal, opening the door for his possible return to office in 2007 elections.
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Lawyers for Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader blamed by French bank Societe Generale for huge losses, lodged an appeal against his detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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A day after his conviction for illegal party funding was confirmed at the appeal court, former French prime minister Alain Juppe on Thursday stood down from his last elected post as mayor of the southwestern ...
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Investigating judges plan to file preliminary charges against former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over a smear scandal targeting Nicolas Sarkozy before he became the French president, Villepin's office said Tuesday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The country's top civil servant says former prime minister Jean Chretien wasn't legally accountable for the way federal sponsorship money was spent.
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Former slain Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party on Wednesday sent an appeal to the United Nations requesting it investigate her murder, a party official said.