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Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courtroom after the Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for the former French president over illegal campaign financing, saying he needed to spend only half that time behind bars. But while lighter than the original sentence, Wednesday's ruling was still harsher than the one-year suspended sentence that prosecutors called for. IMAGES
Former Russian defence reporter, Ivan Safronov, is sentenced to 22 years on treason charges by a Moscow court. Safronov, 32, appeared handcuffed inside a glass box. Safronov was one of the country's most respected reporters, working for business newspapers Kommersant and Vedomosti. He is accused of divulging state secrets. IMAGES
The 55-year-old disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex, will appeal the sentence, says his attorney, Jennifer Bonjean. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin's main political opponent, Alexei Navalny, goes on trial from inside prison, in a new fraud case that could see his jail time extended by more than a decade. A video link shows Navalny dressed in prison uniform at the makeshift court inside his penal colony, speaking to his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, while guards stand on either side of them. IMAGES
Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma says sending him to prison would be "the same as sentencing [him] to death" as a deadline approached for him to surrender to authorities. SOUNDBITE
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris courthouse, where the criminal court is due to hand down its verdict in the so-called "wiretapping" case. The former head of state is accused of corruption and influence peddling offences, which he denies. IMAGES
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