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A Moscow court throws out jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemn as politically motivated. Moscow City Court ruled to "leave the sentence without changes" and for it to enter into force immediately, meaning that Navalny will be transferred to a strict regime prison colony to serve out his term, after he was found guilty in March of embezzlement and contempt of court. IMAGES
Paris, Sep 30 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohammed Badra) Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was given a one-year prison sentence Thursday after he was found guilty of illegally financing his 2012 presidential election campaign.The court found that the former French head of state, who was in office between 2007 and 2012, benefitted from a double-accounting system put in place in order to exceed spending limits imposed by French law.FOOTAGE OF THE COURT IN PARIS.
The International Criminal Court sentences Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years' jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. SOUNDBITE
The final part of the trial of Russian historian Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering and dismembering his former student lover, resumes in St Petersburg. Prosecutors in Saint Petersburg have requested a 15-year jail term for a decorated Russian historian and Napoleon enthusiast. IMAGES
A military helicopter carrying former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who spent 16 years in a US jail, arrives in Colombia's capital. Regarded as one of the most powerful warlords of the 1990s and early 21st century, Mancuso has pledged to tell the truth about his links to politicians and businesspeople in the South American country. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).