21.   Dorothy Slater, the mother of the murdered Briton, also attended the proceedings.

22.   Groehe said in Bonn that international observers should be permitted to attend the proceedings.

23.   He is not attending the proceedings.

24.   He said Supreme Court rulings have held that the press and public have a right to attend criminal court proceedings.

25.   In a joint statement, the authors said they would not attend the proceedings and were not required to do so as U.K. citizens.

26.   It added that representatives from the Hague tribunal had been invited to attend the proceedings.

27.   It was not clear if the soldiers attended the proceedings, considered similar to a grand jury investigation that decides what charges, if any, would be filed.

28.   Jagger will fly from her home in West Yorkshire, England, to Tallahassee to attend the proceedings and testify in the case.

29.   No family members or friends were allowed to attend the proceeding, the group said.

30.   Representatives of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana and the Cuban Foreign Ministry also attended the proceedings in the multi-storied building in historic downtown.