61.   Examining magistrate Jaquemet said Wednesday the final identification of all the victims may take weeks as some of them had been burnt beyond recognition.

62.   The newspaper said that the information was contained in documents passed to French examining magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguiere by the former east German secret police, the Stasi.

63.   The probe would soon be assigned to a Paris examining magistrate following an action brought by her film producer husband Daniel and her parents, the sources said.

64.   The request, issued by a Paris examining magistrate Eva Joly, relates to a probe by French tax and customs authorities.

65.   This assertion was an allusion to press reports that Toubon has pressurised examining magistrates on the island to shelve sensitive cases.

66.   The wife of Paris mayor Jean Tiberi was questioned by an examining magistrate Thursday on corruption charges which are threatening to embarrass senior Gaullist officials.

67.   Toubon said he hoped an Italian examining magistrate would soon be attached to his ministry to aid in the fight against organised crime.

68.   Two other Moroccans and one Algerian were also picked up but freed without charge by the examining magistrate.

69.   Under the French legal system, criminal charges could follow if examining magistrates can substantiate their allegations.

70.   Under the Belgian judicial system, the examining magistrate is charged with assembling evidence relevant to both the defence and the prosecution.