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| Prosecutors urge judge to keep accused bomber's trial in Boston |
| Wednesday, July 02, 2014 2:20 AM | |
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 Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged a judge to reject accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's request to move his trial outside of the city, saying there was no evidence that it would be impossible to select an impartial jury. Prosecutors noted that, in making their request to hold his trial outside the district where three people were killed and 264 injured by the April 2013 bombing, defense attorneys had cited negative media coverage but presented no specific examples. They also challenged in papers filed in U.S. District Court in Boston a poll commissioned by the defense that found that 57.9 percent of Boston respondents regarded the 20-year-old Tsarnaev as "definitely guilty" and more than half said they had participated in the race in some way or knew someone who had. Prosecutors noted that the Eastern District of Massachusetts, from which a panel would be selected, is home to more than 5 million people.
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| French court places ex-President Sarkozy under formal probe - prosecutor |
| Wednesday, July 02, 2014 1:40 AM | |
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 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation on Wednesday, the prosecutor's office said, on suspicions he tried to use his influence to thwart an investigation of his 2007 election campaign. It is the latest blow to Sarkozy's hopes of a comeback after his 2012 election defeat by Socialist rival Francois Hollande. Sarkozy is being investigated on suspicion he used his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his victorious 2007 election campaign. He is accused of influence peddling, corruption and benefiting from "the breach of professional secrets," the prosecutor's office said.
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| France's former President Sarkozy detained by police in corruption probe |
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 By Nicholas Vinocur NANTERRE France (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held for questioning for 15 hours on Tuesday over suspicions he used his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign. It was the first time a former French head of state has been held in police custody and is the latest blow to Sarkozy's hopes of a comeback after his 2012 election defeat by Socialist rival Francois Hollande. Sarkozy arrived early on Tuesday to be quizzed by police investigators at their offices in Nanterre, west of Paris. He spent all day and evening in police custody but at about 11:40 p.m. local time (0940 GMT), he was seen by a Reuters journalist arriving at a civil court in Paris, where he was to be presented to judges.
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| Two counts tossed in Rajaratnam brother's insider trading trial |
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 By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed two securities fraud counts against Rengan Rajaratnam, the younger brother of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, in a surprise development in the federal criminal insider trading case. Rengan Rajaratnam, a former Galleon fund manager, still faces a conspiracy count, after U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald at a hearing in Manhattan dismissed other counts related to improper trading in technology company Clearwire Corp. Buchwald said the question was whether Rengan Rajaratnam traded on inside information about Clearwire knowing the tipper breached his duties to keep it secret and in exchange for a personal benefit. Daniel Gitner, Rajaratnam's lawyer, and a spokesman for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara declined comment.
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