French Lesson
Judges in France have handed down a heavy sentence on a senior official very close to the president. When can Indonesian judges deliver such verdicts?
February 10, 2004
A SIP of Bordeaux wine in winter could warm up the cold in an instant. But it will take more than that to change the gloomy atmosphere at the Ellysée Palace, office of President Jacques Chirac, or the Bordeaux Town Hall, office of Mayor Alain Juppe. An earth-shattering verdict by a French judge has cut short Juppe's career and ended his hopes for the presidency in 2007. The member of parliament and Mayor of Bordeaux was found guilty an
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