51.   The High Court on Monday acquitted former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad of possessing illegal firearms during his presidency.

52.   The law requires defendants convicted of possessing a firearm after a felony conviction to be sentenced to long prison terms if they had previous convictions for violent crimes.

53.   The Supreme Court handed down the sentence after convicting Cozma on Monday of illegally possessing firearms, undermining state authority and jeopardizing railway traffic, the report said.

54.   They were charged in Britain with plotting to murder former brewery boss Sir Charles Tidbury, to detonate bombs, and possessing firearms with intent to endanger life.

55.   They have admitted possessing firearms, but insist they were not weapons of war.

56.   Under the terms of his release from jail, he is not allowed to possess firearms and the police have a key to his home to check on him.

57.   Haitian police on Friday arrested an extreme-right politician for allegedly plotting attacks against the government and possessing illegal firearms, police sources said.

58.   He could face the death penalty if convicted of ordering the murder of a judge or of possessing firearms.

59.   He was also found guilty of possessing firearms and travelling on forged documents.

60.   On the day of his release, he was extradited to England where he was sentenced Monday to five years for robbery and for possessing a firearm.