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Senate set to confirm education secretary by narrow margin
The Senate was poised on Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence expected to break a 50-50 tie, despite ...
Suspect in Paris Louvre attack now talking to investigators: source
PARIS (Reuters) - The suspect arrested by police for attacking soldiers near the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday has started to talk to investigators after initially refusing to speak, a judiciary source said on Tuesday. "During a third hearing yesterday, the suspect accepted to start talking to investigators, giving his identity and exposing his first version of the facts," a judiciary source told Reuters in a text message. (Reporting by Chine Labbe; Writing by Michel Rose; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
Magistrate orders French ex-president Sarkozy to stand trial
By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - A magistrate has ordered former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial over irregularities in the funding of his failed 2012 re-election bid, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The charge against Sarkozy, who led France for five years from 2007, exposes the 62-year old conservative politician to a one-year prison sentence if convicted. Sarkozy's lawyer Thierry Herzog described the trial order as "inane" and said he would lodge an appeal against it.
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