The prosecutor, Eugenio Fusco, also asked for Bruno Spagnolini, former head of Finmeccanica's helicopter division AgustaWestland, to stand trial, according to a judicial official Tuesday.

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Judge Selna, who is also presiding over that case, last month overruled a lower judicial official's finding questioning the veracity of the Internal Revenue Service's lead lawyer.

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Mr. Fusco has asked Switzerland to extradite two men suspected of having acted as intermediaries to help AgustaWestland win the contract, but he has yet to hear from the Swiss authorities, according to the judicial official.

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In 2008, following a long debate among judges, he modelled a simplified judicial robe which is now in official use in the civil courts.

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The compensation agreement will mean France drops all judicial claims against Libyans, Libya's official news agency Jana reported.

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The e-mail -- first obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act -- stated that Pentagon official Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy, approved the arrangement to award a non-competitive contract to Halliburton.

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Vermont, in its answer to Judicial Watch's complaint, said two of Dean's predecessors also sealed official documents.

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Bush hopes the nominations will bring an end to the partisan strife visited upon judicial nominations since the Senate defeated Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, the official said.

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