1.   During the court case it emerged that both men had convictions for terrorist offences.

2.   Police and the armed forces would additionally be permitted to examine documents and other recorded data in situations where terrorist offences or their preparation were suspected.

3.   Four Islamic radicals charged with terrorist offences Monday were preparing to blow up a petrol depot in the Lyon region of southeast France, informed sources said Tuesday.

4.   Four are wanted in connection with subway attack and three for terrorist offences and abduction.

5.   France on Monday charged four Islamic radicals with terrorist offences, notably a plan to blow up a petrol depot in the Lyon region.

6.   Unknown attackers machine-gunned public buildings in Corsica again overnight as a Paris magistrate charged a separatist leader and six other people with terrorist offences, police said.

7.   Two of the escapees are serving life for murder and the third is serving life for conspiracy to cause explosions, not thought to be connected with terrorist offences.

8.   Lanssiers is a member of the mixed Peruvian Committee of National Conciliation, which has powers to recommend pardons for people convicted of terrorist offences.