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Patrick Balkany arrives at the Paris Court of Appeal, which is due to sentence the former mayor of Levallois-Perret, a wealthy Paris suburb, for aggravated money laundering. At first instance, the court had sentenced Patrick Balkany to five years in prison. IMAGES
French politician Isabelle Balkany arrives in court for the start of her and her husband's appeal trial for tax fraud. Her husband Patrick, the longtime mayor of Levallois-Perret and a veteran player in right-wing politics, is in prison for money laundering. IMAGES
zAlgerian protesters chant "Khaled Drareni, a free journalist" as the vehicle carrying the independent Algerian journalist, who has become a symbol of the fight for freedom of press, arrives to the Court of Algiers. The Algerian court is to begin hearing an appeal by journalist Khaled Drareni against a three-year jail term handed down last month in a case seen as a barometer of press freedoms in the North African country. IMAGES
Patrick Balkany, the former mayor of wealthy Paris suburb Levallois-Perret, leaves the Paris Court of Appeal after being sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated money laundering by tax fraud. His wife Isabelle Balkany, who was absent from the hearing, was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the affair. IMAGES
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at a courthouse on US soil in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands to face a final court hearing under a plea deal expected to end years of legal drama and allow him to return to his native Australia. IMAGES