41.   After the trial opened, however, they retracted their admissions.

42.   An official of the Nagasaki District Court, where the trial opened, refused comment.

43.   As the trial opened, defense attorney Cancio Xavier argued that the case should not continue without the presence of Indonesian military commanders who allegedly masterminded the killings.

44.   As the trial opened Monday, Edwards said he had been battling the flu but felt better.

45.   As the trial opened Monday, Mlulami Majova denied most charges, but pleaded guilty to robbery and having an unlicensed pistol.

46.   As the trial opened Thursday, both maintained their innocence.

47.   Attorney General Lungo Kabinda Ngoy said Thursday that military trials had opened Wednesday in Katanga Province, which is seen as loyal to the Kabilas.

48.   Both trials opened in the glare of publicity but domestic and international interest has waned in recent months.

49.   But the security service has pressed its case, and the closed-door trial opened last week in the Moscow city court.

50.   But the soldiers all pleaded innocent to charges of manslaughter and kidnapping when their trial opened last week after months of legal wrangling.