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To: JDN who wrote (9087)	12/21/2000 8:30:21 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 10042

OT Ananova Judge dismisses 'disappointing' porn claim A Texas judge has dismissed a prisoner's claim for damages after he was left unimpressed by a porn magazine centrespread. David Joyner filed a lawsuit claiming he was mentally hurt and angered by the disappointing pictures of Paula Jones in the Christmas edition of Penthouse. But US District Judge Sam Sparks dismissed the case with a 12-line poem - and slapped a fine of $250 (£170) on Joyner for filing a frivolous legal motion. Joyner is serving a 14-year jail sentence for robbery and assault. He brought the lawsuit under his "official" title - the Minister of Law of the Mandingo Warriors, his prison gang, the BBC reports. The lawsuit claimed that the December picture spread featuring Ms Jones - whose sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton resulted in impeachment proceedings - was not revealing enough and wanted $500,000 (£340,000) in damages. Joyner said he was very mentally hurt and angered by the pictures. Judge Sparks' poem which accompanied his dismissal of the lawsuit concluded: "Life has its disappointments - some come out of the blue, but that doesn't mean a prisoner should sue." Last updated: 13:30 Thursday 21st December 2000 ananova.com

To: JDN who wrote (9087)	12/21/2000 3:21:11 PM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 10042

Africa's French Connection.... Thursday December 21 10:18 AM ET Mitterrand Son Detained in French Arms Probe PARIS (Reuters) - French police detained the son of late President Francois Mitterrand for questioning Thursday in connection with an inquiry into suspected illegal arms sales to Angola, judicial sources said. Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, African strategy adviser to his father from 1986 to 1992, and another man, writer Paul-Loup Sulitzer, were held after investigators seized computer files linking them to arms dealer Pierre Falcone, the sources said. Falcone is being probed on suspicion of illicit arms dealings and tax fraud over the alleged unauthorized sale of tens of millions of dollars of arms to Angola in 1993. The investigation into the arms sales, sparked by evidence found during searches linked to an unrelated scandal about political party slush funds, has widened in recent weeks to touch several well-known figures with African links. Police have searched the home of former top Mitterrand aide and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development head Jacques Attali and offices of former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua. Mitterrand and Sulitzer were questioned previously by police and acknowledged receiving money, but they denied that the cash was linked to any fraudulent dealings. The French financial crime squad has also placed a former director of the state arms export company, Bernard Poussier, under investigation in the widening probe. Francois Mitterrand, a Socialist, served two terms as French President from 1981 until 1995. He died in 1996. His son, a former news agency correspondent in Africa, headed an ``African cell'' from 1986 to 1992 which handled France's ties with former African colonies directly from the Elysee presidential palace. Criticized for secretive methods and dubbed ``Papa-ma-dit'' (Daddy told me) by opponents, he has been reported to be a major player in France's relations with Africa and to be on close personal terms with many African leaders. But he told a parliamentary committee in 1998 that he hardly ever was a party to high-level meetings, made only one secret trip during his tenure and was only informed after the fact of such major decisions as arms deliveries to African allies. ``This belies the power of this 'African cell' which was said to make the rain fall and the sun shine,'' he said. dailynews.yahoo.com The above news' developments will be quite interesting to watch.... It's a very smart riposte by Prez Chirac against the French/Israeli lobby (Pasqua, Attali, Strauss-Kahn et alii).