France plans reform to cut role of powerful investigating judges

Reported by dailypress.com on Thursday, 5 November 2009 (on November 5, 2009)

PARIS (AP) — France's investigating judges are a powerful lot: They can order phone taps and home searches, interrogate terrorists and bring down politicians. Now, one has even ordered former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial.

Links:

Full news story

Post this:

Facebook

E-mail

Twitter

Mixx

StumbleUpon

FriendFeed

Recent related news

guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago - Business	Budget 2010: With little to spend, Darling must think outside the box Announcing spending cuts and tax rises in a pre-election budget is not going to win votes. No wonder...
Huffington Post 12 hours ago - Politics	Final Health Bill Omits Some Of Obama's Promises WASHINGTON — It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack...
Huffington Post 12 hours ago - Politics	MJ Rosenberg: My Life With AIPAC: Plus Its Internal Strategy Document For This Week And there is AIPAC\'s secret memo on its strategy with Congress this week. h/t American For Peace Now...
Huffington Post 17 hours ago - World	Jim Luce: Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua Visits U.S., Speaks on Lack of Human Rights at Home Jean-Michel Tijerina, CEO and Founder of the Cambodia Project, insisted I must meet her. After an...
Huffington Post 17 hours ago - Politics	James Zogby: The Week that Was, and the Week Yet to Come: Testing Obama's Mettle This coming week will tell us a great deal about the ability of President Obama to be a strong leader...

The New Republic 1 day ago - US	Vital Center Here is the ultimate paradox of the Great Health Care Showdown: Congress will divide along partisan...
guardian.co.uk 1 day ago - Politics	Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics As a culmination of his political thinking, the eminent historian Tony Judt, paralysed by motor...
Huffington Post 2 days ago - Politics	Mark Axelrod: 2023 (Or "Days of Future Past") It is the year 2023. Roe v. Wade is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The abortion pills...
Huffington Post 5 days ago - Business	Dodd Unveils Financial Regulatory Reform Bill With 'Consumer Financial Protection Bureau' With reporting by Ryan Grim Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday unveiled a sweeping financial...
Huffington Post 1 week ago - Politics	Charles Kolb: Sarkozy and Obama Pursuing a Shared Policy Agenda Written by Charles Kolb and Ioanna Kohler Can American president Barack Obama and French president...

Tweet the News!			54
France plans reform to cut role of powerful investigating judges
Twitter login: password: Register to store your twitter account details
There don't appear to be any related tweets. Be the first to tweet the news!

Tip: Sign up as a Member now - FREE access to news alerts, news bookmarking and more.

Select Region >