71.   Le Monde said its correspondent had been able to see the Stasi documents in Berlin before they were sent to the French examining magistrate in Paris.

72.   Leeson was also to go before an examining magistrate Friday.

73.   Preliminary examining magistrate Italo Ghitti gave the go-ahead Tuesday for cases against all but five, the officials ahead.

74.   Roussin appeared before an examining magistrate on Monday.

75.   The arrests were carried out on the orders of a Paris examining magistrate, Laurence Le Vert.

76.   The chamber considered the crimes merited tough sentences although an examining magistrate earlier recommended jail terms of three to seven years.

77.   The decision as to whether they will be tried is up to the examining magistrate.

78.   The examining magistrate responsible for preliminary enquiries, Fabio Paparella, has authority to accept or reject this demand.

79.   The ministry said an internal inquiry had been opened at the closed base and that examining magistrate Frederique Gayssot had also launched a judicial investigation.