31.   And the government recently tried -- only to be rebuffed -- to remove a judge in a corruption trial where Berlusconi is a defendant.

32.   As his corruption trial in the Supreme Court heads toward closing statements and a verdict, Carlos Andres Perez has proved to be a maddeningly elusive target.

33.   Before testimony started, the jury foreman in the Rampart police corruption trial told an alternate juror the police defendants were guilty, the alternate told a judge Friday.

34.   Brasilia, Brazil -- The corruption trial of former President Fernando Collor de Mello begins.

35.   But Chun appeared relatively fit during the first day of his corruption trial Monday, dispelling concern about his health.

36.   Chirac, who enjoys presidential immunity, could face a corruption trial if he does not win the presidential elections this spring.

37.   Craxi was sentenced last year in absentia in two corruption trials.

38.   Days later, Israel TV alleged the appointment was part of a conspiracy by senior officials who expected Bar-On to end the corruption trial of Deri.

39.   Deri expected Bar-On to agree to a plea bargain ending his three-year corruption trial without a jail sentence.

40.   Deri allegedly believed Bar-On would act to end his corruption trial.