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Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics' governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to spend at least two years in jail. France 24 Jean-Emile Jammine tells us more.
Lamine Diack, the Senegalese former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), leaves court during recess. The former anti-doping chief of athletics' world governing body faces a potential 10-year prison sentence on charges of accepting millions of dollars to cover up Russian doping tests. IMAGES
Former world athletics boss Lamine Diack arrives at the Paris court to be tried on an alleged corruption pact to protect doped Russian athletes. Two other alleged actors of this pact, Habib Cissé and Gabriel Dollé, also appear in court. IMAGES
Bob McDonnell thanked the judge for showing him mercy at his sentencing hearing but vows to appeal. Jennifer Davis reports.
Patrick Balkany, the former mayor of wealthy Paris suburb Levallois-Perret, leaves the Paris Court of Appeal after being sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated money laundering by tax fraud. His wife Isabelle Balkany, who was absent from the hearing, was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the affair. IMAGES
"C'est une grosse surprise et une très belle reconnaissance. Je voulais montrer qu'on peut faire une cuisine différente, qui a du goût, qui a du sens" : à 41 ans, la cheffe Claire Vallée décroche la première étoile Michelin accordée à un restaurant vegan, pour son établissement ONA (Origine Non Animale) à Arès, en Gironde. Une consécration pour ce restaurant qu'elle a monté en 2016 grâce à une campagne de financement participatif, sans prêts bancaires classiques.
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