41.   The expedited trial came just a day after the three were arrested.

42.   The high court trial came after the parliamentary immunity of Claes and the others had been lifted.

43.   The trial also came at a time when the extreme-right National Front, widely seen as racist and anti-Semitic, has been gaining ground in France.

44.   The trial comes after months of sometimes contentious exchanges between the two sides.

45.   The trial comes amid a crackdown on religious sects in France, provoked by the mass suicide of followers of the Swiss-based Order of the Solar Temple.

46.   The trial comes at a time when French conservatives are feeling vulnerable.

47.   The trial comes at a time when Turkey faces harsh criticism for its human rights record, especially for its tough stance against the autonomy-seeking Kurdish minority.

48.   The trial comes less than a week before an Iranian delegation is to visit Paris.

49.   The trial comes one month ahead of regional elections in which polls predict that the National Front will do well.

50.   The trial will come one day after Clark Randt, the incoming U.S. ambassador to China, takes up his post Monday.