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'No' to Touvier

Tuesday 22 March 1994 00:02 GMT
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(First Edition)

A court yesterday rejected a request by a lawyer defending the Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier that could have made it harder to convict the Frenchman of crimes against humanity, Reuter reports from Versailles.

The appeals court turned down a request that a narrow definition of crimes against humanity be applied to Mr Touvier.

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