21.   Meanwhile court sources in this Italian port city said prosecutor Maria Inzitari was completing her investigation into the case which may lead to indictment of some Birmingham players.

22.   News reports citing court sources said Vera denied all the charges put to him Thursday by judge Garzon.

23.   News reports citing unnamed court sources said Vera denied the allegations against him.

24.   Palacios interrogated the six one by one behind closed doors, court sources said.

25.   Prosecutor Panaghiotis Angelopoulos filed the assault charges against Italian police late Monday, court sources said Tuesday.

26.   Saudi prosecutors opened their case Tuesday against two British nurses charged with the murder of an Australian co-worker, court sources said.

27.   Testifying in court, Cogge denied drug trafficking and claimed he was acting as a go-between to collect money for a Dutch friend, court sources said.

28.   The arguments by both prosecution and defense are expected to take months, and no verdict is expected before sometime in the spring, according to court sources.

29.   The delay means a verdict is unlikely until at least the first week of November, court sources said.

30.   The hearing is expected to last two days and senior court sources told The Associated Press it hopes to deliver a verdict by Friday.