http://www.ot-maurice.com Your Connection To Everything French Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-heavy-prison-sentences-for-pinochet-era-officials/ http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-heavy-prison-sentences-for-pinochet-era-officials/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:00:04 +0000 admin http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-heavy-prison-sentences-for-pinochet-era-officials/ A Paris court on Friday slammed 13 Pinochet-era officials accused of having a hand in the disappearance of four French citizens in the 1970s with prison sentences of 15 years to life. The charges against them included kidnapping and torture.
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]]> http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-paris-court-sentences-ex-dictator-noriega-to-seven-years-in-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-socgen-demands-e4-9-billion-from-kerviel-to-compensate-losses/ http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-socgen-demands-e4-9-billion-from-kerviel-to-compensate-losses/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:28:26 +0000 admin http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-socgen-demands-e4-9-billion-from-kerviel-to-compensate-losses/ French bank Société Générale on Wednesday told a Paris court it wants €4.9 billion in compensation from former employee Jérôme Kerviel, who is on trial for alleged illicit trading that cost the bank €5 billion in losses.
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]]> http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-socgen-demands-e4-9-billion-from-kerviel-to-compensate-losses/feed/ 0 http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-kerviel-defiant-as-socgen-managers-take-the-stand/ http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-kerviel-defiant-as-socgen-managers-take-the-stand/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:26:54 +0000 admin http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-kerviel-defiant-as-socgen-managers-take-the-stand/ Current and former managers at French bank Société Générale give their first evidence at a Paris court Wednesday a day after alleged rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel accused his former employers of “encouraging” him to take risks.
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]]> http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-kerviel-defiant-as-socgen-managers-take-the-stand/feed/ 0 http://www.ot-maurice.com/justice-french-court-opposes-iranian-engineer%e2%80%99s-extradition-to-us/ http://www.ot-maurice.com/justice-french-court-opposes-iranian-engineer%e2%80%99s-extradition-to-us/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 17:36:02 +0000 admin http://www.ot-maurice.com/justice-french-court-opposes-iranian-engineer%e2%80%99s-extradition-to-us/ The Paris court of appeals on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand to the United States, where he has been accused of illegally furnishing Iran with technology that could be used for military purposes.
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]]> http://www.ot-maurice.com/justice-french-court-opposes-iranian-engineer%e2%80%99s-extradition-to-us/feed/ 0 http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-france-24-fined-for-violating-privacy-over-sarkozy-affair-rumour/ http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-france-24-fined-for-violating-privacy-over-sarkozy-affair-rumour/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:20:03 +0000 admin http://www.ot-maurice.com/france-france-24-fined-for-violating-privacy-over-sarkozy-affair-rumour/ A Paris court on Friday fined FRANCE 24 €3,000 for violating the privacy of French pop singer Benjamin Biolay by publicising rumours that he was having an affair with the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (right).
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