11.   Tsibliyev, who was Mir commander, and flight engineer Lazutkin apparently anticipated such a verdict.

12.   This is the second such verdict in a matter of months.

13.   It was the second such verdict by the appeal court in three weeks.

14.   Such a verdict would end his dream of taking the rich prize of the mayoralty of the southern port city of Marseille in municipal elections due next June.