1.   Because his injuries were so severe, Friday was the first time the investigating judge, Herve Stephan, had questioned him as a witness.

2.   After the emperor himself, Napoleon said two centuries ago, the most powerful person in France is an investigating judge.

3.   But the Napoleonic Code gives the investigating judges almost unlimited scope to follow the facts wherever the fault seems to lie.

4.   De Niro said he had been a victim of abuse of power by the investigating judge and had nothing to do with the prostitution ring.

5.   It threw out an order to put the former dictator under house arrest, ruling that an investigating judge had failed to guarantee his legal rights.

6.   Less persuasive is new-wave icon Jean-Pierre Leaud in the role of an investigating judge.

7.   Meanwhile, French police Friday took the unusual step of appointing a second investigating judge to look into the crash.

8.   Milosevic has been summoned to talk to an investigating judge on the charges against him.

9.   Now, as Congress and an investigating judge release the tapes day by day, they have become a national obsession.

10.   Now, as Congress and an investigating judge release the tapes day by day, they have become a national obsession, shaking the elite to its core.