101.   Cash-strapped tycoon and political maverick Bernard Tapie fought for his political life here on Friday at an appeal court hearing which threatens to end his career.

102.   Djamel Ajouaou, a Moroccan in his forties and who has a British wife, was refused bail Friday in the first appeal hearing against the detentions.

103.   Djamel Ajouaou, a Moroccan national in his forties with a British wife, was refused bail Friday in the first appeal hearing against the detentions.

104.   Exceptionally the appeal hearings were conducted before the full court of appeal rather than before a single magistrate as is customary.

105.   The Phocea appeal hearing is due to continue next week.

106.   The second defence lawyer, Shmuel Fleischman, told the appeal hearing that Amir fired blank shots and that a second, mysterious gunman killed the prime minister.

107.   There will be a number of restrictions placed on broadcasters, including a ban on televising any evidence taken from witnesses during the appeal hearing.

108.   Under French law, the case is totally reheard in an appeal hearing and previous sentences are automatically suspended.

109.   Lahore High Court judge Justice Karamat Nazir Bhandari accepted the appeal hearing last year after a civil court rejected the application.

110.   No date has been fixed for the appeal hearing.