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Human Rights Watch said the proceedings "did not meet basic fair trial standards".

The state attorney general, Bill Schuette, who will defend pensioners in later bankruptcy proceedings, did not protest the city's eligibility.

Chief Justice Chaudhry, who had recused himself from the court proceedings, did not directly answer Mr. Hussain's allegations.

The proceedings did not in fact appear on television but on a "Webcast" available to people with high-speed computers.

The sentencing judge accepted medical evidence suggesting that Mrs. Rausing had died of heart failure coupled with drug abuse and other evidence that her husband had concealed her body; legal proceedings did not leave those questions unanswered.

Less formal remarks from the bench earlier in proceedings did not seek to hide the judges' incredulity at the actions of investigators investigating a complex multi-billion-pound banking collapse.

But the significance of a trial of a former head of state associated with horrendous crimes shouldn't be obscured because the proceedings didn't open without a hitch.

A Manhattan federal court initially threw out the case, citing that the proceedings didn't have a place in U.S courts.

If Abdul-Jabbar's wisecrack was perfectly acerbic and well-timed, others' attempts at injecting a bit of levity into the proceedings didn't land as well.

Even if the proceedings do not amount to much, the new club will give China an unrivalled chance to shine.

"This initiation of proceedings does not imply that the Commission has proof of any infringements," said the Commission.