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Depositions may be made locally and may be taken by means of video conference, if appropriate (rule 71).

The Committee observes that, in order to reconcile these different versions, the written depositions made and used during the preliminary hearing were required.

Syria claims that, as a result of exposure to these air masses, wet and dry depositions of pollutants occurred over its south eastern territories.

Musharraf, according to his lawyer s depositions before the Supreme Court, plans to give up his uniform after the indirect presidential elections he scheduled for October 6.

Nearly three months of the seven month trial were devoted to the presentation of evidence by the defence, including video depositions taken by the defence in Cuba.

In order to protect the quot equality of arms quot (and, in particular, the rights of the accused), the procedure for taking depositions allows for cross examination of the witness.

Iran asserts that dry and wet depositions of dangerous pollutants, including rains rich in salt, have greatly increased the potential of chemical deterioration to cultural artefacts and sites in its territory.

Much information on these unequal property exchanges is contained in numerous depositions made by Serbs expelled from Croatia, kept and available in the Information Centre of the non governmental organization of the All Serbian Sabor.

Although in several depositions soldiers alleged that there had been a clash with guerrillas, none of them admitted to having witnessed such a clash and all of them said that they had only heard it.

Iraq also contends that modelling of the smoke plume shows that soot and SO2 depositions were restricted to the extreme south of Iran in the province of Khuzestan, and were not as widespread as alleged by Iran.

In this context, the Committee also inquired when the legal aid attorney was appointed, whether he was present at the preliminary inquiry and whether the relevant depositions were made available to the attorney and, if so, when.

Iraq contends that there is no evidence that the smoke plume from the oil well fires in Kuwait reached Syria, and states that Syria has not provided any information about the alleged depositions of pollutants from the smoke plume in its territory.

In this context, he indicates that he sought to adduce fresh evidence, which included depositions of two witnesses who had been called to testify at the trial, in order to show inconsistencies in the evidence concerning the identification parade. The Court of Appeal, however, did not admit the evidence.

The Committee further observes that counsel has requested the State party, on several occasions, to make available to him the transcript of the author apos s preliminary hearing, including the depositions of witnesses, and that finally, after several reminders, he was informed by the judicial authorities that they were unable to locate them.