51.   Paul also rejected on Thursday a defense request to recall to the witness stand Dr. Halim Haji Manzar.

52.   A defense request to allow the families of Kurdish war dead to speak at the trial was rejected by the judges.

53.   A defense request to subpoena a letter from a Moscow scientific institute that Astakhov said authorized him to get the information has also been rejected by the court.

54.   A defense request for the release on a technicality of three British soldiers accused of killing a Danish woman was referred to the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

55.   A judge denied a defense request Monday to postpone the triple-murder trial of Yosemite killer Cary Stayner, but agreed to reconsider the decision next week.

56.   A defense request for bail was turned down.

57.   A Turin judge rejected a defense request Thursday to dismiss charges of sports fraud against two officials from soccer club Juventus.

58.   About an hour into the session, Ehrich granted a defense request to recess the trial until Friday.

59.   Also Tuesday, the judge at the court in Almaty refused a defense request to release Ablyazov from jail during the trial.

60.   Also Wednesday, the court rejected a defense request to drop the case.