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A view shows some of the handwritten preparatory notes by French lawyer Jacques Verges (1925-2013) for the trial of former Nazi officer Klaus Barbie trial which are displayed at Drouot auction house
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French lawyer Jacques Verges, in a file photo from Amman, Jordan, December 18, 2003, said on March 27, 2004, that Saddam Hussein's nephew had chosen him to represent Saddam Hussein in his
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