have to comeback and continue deliberations against manuel burga. pursued this case for close to two and a half years following their action that launched in may, 2015. remember those dramatic dawn raids we saw in zurich against fifa officials in a 5—star hotel, that's where this started, 42 people indicted. these two men have pleaded not guilty, taking it to court and now we have partial verdicts finding two guilty on a number of those counts. as you say we expect the final decision on tuesday for the final count. you have followed this for a long time, in terms of fifa and the future, can this verdict, can you put it into context for us? fifa was blindsided in may, 2015, when the raids happened. i was sat in the hotel early in the morning watching jose maria marin, the former head of brazilian football, being led away by swiss authorities on behalf of their american counterparts. he was extradited to new york and there was shock through the system that finally, what many had suspected had been going on in the game, had caught up with it. us author

manuel burga, who led football in peru until 2014, was accused of taking cash in exchange for distributinghts to matches. two other south american football officials were convicted by the same jury on friday. a british woman has been sentenced to three years in an egyptian prison after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. laura plummer, who's 33 and from england's north, was arrested in october when she was found carrying 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, in her suitcase. daniela relph reports. laura plummer‘s family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. but today, the 33—year—old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three—year sentence injail in egypt. her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. she said the tablets were for her

manuel burga, who led football in peru until 2014, was accused of taking cash in exchange for marketinges. two other south american football officials were convicted by the same jury on friday. counting is under way in a runoff election to choose the next president of liberia. it is a straight fight between the current vice president, voting went peacefully with no reports of incidents. accompanied by his supporters, vice presidentjoseph boakai cast his ballot. he sounded confident. asked as to whether he would accept the results if he lost, he responded with a qualified yes. after that, a decision will be made. we are willing to work for whatever the final result is. for supporters of the former football superstar george weah, it looked like a victory dance when he went to vote. the man who won in the first round sounded incandescently confident. i'm not associated with losing. today's victory is set, and i will win. boakai cannot win, and george weah can. ellen johnson won't. what happened cannot happen again. initial indications are that the run—off was better organised than the firs

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manuel burga, who led football in peru until 2014, was accused of taking cash in exchange for distributinges. two other south american football officials were convicted by the same jury on friday. a british woman has been sentenced to three years in an egyptian prison after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. laura plummer, who's 33 and from england's north, was arrested in october when she was found carrying 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, in her suitcase. daniela relph reports. laura plummer‘s family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. but today the 33—year—old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three—year sentence injail in egypt. her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. she said the tablets were for her partner, who

manuel burga, who led football in peru until 2014, was accused of taking cash in exchange for distributinges. two other south american football officials were convicted by the same jury on friday. peru is divided over the legacy of its former president, alberto fujimori. some see him as the man who saved peru from economic collapse and communism. to others, he was a ruthless autocrat who authorised death squad killings. he had been serving a 25—year prison term for human rights abuses. but the current president, pedro pablo kuczynski, has granted him a medical pardon. in a video posted to facebook, fujimori said he's deeply grateful. translation: this has had a strong impact on me. i have had mixed mixed feelings of extreme joy and sorrow. iam aware feelings of extreme joy and sorrow. i am aware that the results produced by my government were well received by my government were well received by some at a whole i recognise that i have let others down. to them, i ask forgiveness from the bottom of my heart. michael reid is a senior editor on latin america at the economist. hejoined me from l