Former Thyssen manager Winfried Haastert is seen during the first day
of a trial in Augsburg November 6, 2001, where he and another Thyssen
manager stand accused, along with arms industry lobbyist Karl-Heinz
Schreiber, of making illegal payments in connection with the sale of
tanks to Saudi Arabia. Schreiber, who has been linked to the party
funding scandal surrounding former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, is currently
in Canada fighting extradition charges. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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