41.   The five other defendants will be tried consecutively over a period of at least a year.

42.   The nine policemen took the witness stand separately in six courtrooms where the defendants are being tried in small groups.

43.   The six other defendants were tried in absentia, the Associated Press of Pakistan said.

44.   The start was delayed while lawyers debated whether to try the defendants separately or postpone the trial, following the surprising confession of a state police trooper last week.

45.   Three other defendants are being tried with him.

46.   Under French law, a defendant cannot be tried in absentia unless the absence is voluntary.

47.   Under Rwandan law, a defendant can be tried without a defense lawyer.

48.   When the trial began in November, seven defendants were being tried in absentia.

49.   Yugoslav war crimes tribunal judges did not immediately issue a decision on whether to jointly try defendants Milan Kovacevic, Miroslav Kvocka, Mladen Radic and Zoran Zigic.

50.   He said the defendants were being tried in the presence of their lawyers and families.