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France's ex-president Sarkozy on trial over alleged Kadhafi pact
AFP, Published on 06/01/2025
» PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, convicted twice in separate cases since leaving office, goes on trial Monday charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
Second woman declared dead on Tibet peak
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2023
» BEIJING - A second woman hoping to be the first American female climber to scale all of the world’s 8,000-metre (26,246 feet) mountains has been declared dead on a remote peak in Tibet, according to her family.
Libya's Seif al-Islam Kadhafi: presidential hopeful, war crime suspect
AFP, Published on 14/11/2021
» TRIPOLI - Seif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi who registered to run in December's presidential poll, is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
Judo, Japan's 'gentle' martial art practised by millions
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» TOKYO - It's practised by tens of millions around the world but there's no doubt that judo's spiritual home is Japan, where the martial art was created and made its Olympic debut.
Japan and judo - an unbreakable bond
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» TOKYO - When the Tokyo Olympics eventually open a year late, one of the hottest tickets in town will be for judo. Invented in Japan and first introduced at Tokyo 1964, judo is coming home.