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Ex-party head charged in Sarkozy campaign finance scandal

The former head of France's right-wing UMP party was charged with "abuse of confidence" over a campaign finance scandal dating back to Nicolas Sarkozy's run for the presidency in 2012. Images and soundbites from his lawyer. Feb 4, 2015
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Strauss-Kahn trial about France's 'moral code'

The trial of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, charged with 'aggravated pimping' alongside 13 others, is not about facts but France's moral code, the lawyer for one of the accused says as proceedings enter their second day. Duration: 00:56 Feb 3, 2015
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Kolkata court sends five accused in Burdwan blast to police custody

Kolkata, Jan 29 (ANI): A court in Kolkata city sent five people, accused in 2014 blast in Burdwan district, to police custody till February 03. Two members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh were killed in an explosion while building homemade bombs in Burdwan district of West Bengal in October last year. Police in December had arrested a key suspect in the blast who they believed was linked to a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and stage a coup there. A lawyer of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Shyamal Ghosh said that they needed more time to unearth details of their involvement. He further said that the accused used to recruit young boys and give them training. Jan 29, 2015