11.   Ex-Presidents stand treason trial together.

12.   Fearing threatened violent street protests, Nigerian police and military troops cordoned off this northern town where a Shiite Muslim leader appeared in a treason trial Wednesday.

13.   He also turned down a request by defense attorneys to invite the families of slain Kurdish rebels to court to speak at the treason trial.

14.   He is expected to be a key witness in the treason trial against Speight next month.

15.   His treason trial is due to begin next year.

16.   Judges have said the question of immunity should be answered during the treason trial.

17.   Lawyers for a jailed coup leader on Wednesday dropped attempts to release him, clearing one hurdle to a treason trial.

18.   Prosecutors demanded a death sentence Tuesday for Abdullah Ocalan in their closing arguments in the treason trial of the Kurdish rebel leader.

19.   Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for Abdullah Ocalan in closing arguments in the treason trial against the Kurdish rebel leader, the Anatolia news agency said.

20.   Responding to European pressure, parliament voted Friday to remove the military judge from the court hearing the treason trial of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.