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...ordering the murder of a rival; in Bangkok. A former mayor who was courted by politicians and feared by criminals and cops alike, Somchai was long thought to be beyond the reach of the law. "I used to have rivals," he once told an interviewer, "but they all died." Freed on $250,000 bail, Somchai plans to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court...
...three major allegations: that Messier used false information to make Vivendi's accounts look better than they were; that he manipulated Vivendi stock by launching a huge share buyback after Sept. 11, 2001; and that his j21 million severance contract, since canceled, amounted to embezzlement. Messier, who was freed last week on bail of j1.35 million, denies any wrongdoing. Under French law, being placed under judicial investigation is one step from being formally charged. But Messier said in March that he would welcome such a probe because it would enable him to defend himself; the formal declaration allows him access...
...CAPTURED. The YUEN LONG CROCODILE, a 1.5-m reptile thought to be a freed pet or wildlife-farm escapee that has become a local celebrity; in Hong Kong. The crocodile, which is not of a species native to Hong Kong, evaded expert Australian and Chinese hunters for months, attracted hordes of media and fans, and was voted the city's Personality of the Year for 2003. The reptile was finally caught with a simple snare and the help of a local fisherman, and will eventually be moved to a nature park. -By Austin Ramzy and Jeff Plunkett...
...drenched Tuscan town of Prato was crawling with TV news crews and festooned with spray-painted banners last week, all to welcome home its most famous son: Maurizio Agliana, a hostage freed with two other Italians after 56 days of captivity in Iraq. The three men - along with Fabrizio Quattrocchi, who was shot to death by their captors on April 14 - went to Iraq to work as security guards but were seized west of Baghdad. Italians obsessively followed every twist and turn in the crisis; in late April, when the captors demanded a protest against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi...
...Belka has two weeks to rally support ahead of a vote of confidence in parliament, which bounced his first nomination in May. A second rejection would trigger a general election in August; Euro-skeptic parties currently lead in opinion polls. Courting the E.U. TURKEY The appeals court in Ankara freed four former Kurdish M.P.s, jailed for 15 years in 1994 on charges of collaborating with separatist rebels. Among the four - who face retrial in July - was Leyla Zana, winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize. Brussels had warned Turkey that the M.P.'s detention jeopardized its chances of joining...