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The ruling does not necessarily mean that Mr. Sarkozy, who lost his re-election bid last May and with it his presidential immunity from prosecution, will stand trial.
She added: "It is important that the investigations are done properly and thoroughly so that, if criminal prosecutions are brought, they will stand up and there can be no suggestion or hint that the work is not being done properly so that it can be sidelined as has been done in the past".
But the length of time and the difficulties in assembling a coherent prosecution case means it is unlikely he will stand trial for any of the killings - even if he admits them.
Successful prosecutions have so far been brought only against those, like Mr. Luo, at the bottom of the laundering chain, although Carson Yeung, a tycoon and owner of the English soccer club Birmingham City, will stand trial this month.
But Netanyahu will be looking to form a bloc that will stand by him if expected indictments in three corruption cases against him proceed — or that will even agree to pass legislation granting him immunity from prosecution.
Regardless of the outcome, the prosecution of a dedicated surgeon and medical hero for the "murder" of dying patients under warlike conditions in a failing New Orleans hospital will stand as one more man-made tragedy in the wake of Katrina.
