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A church official earlier told local reporters that conviction of Vatican priests and representatives in countries like the Dominican Republic over sexual abuse charges could be a bit difficult given their diplomatic statuses as church emissaries.

An RFI report said a satire paper and a former politician will be facing charges in French courts for their recent remarks, which were allegedly offensive to the Muslim community in the region.

VentureBeat said in its report that Samsung Electronics Co's reason to counter sue British firm Dyson was to prevent groundless patent infringement lawsuits from the latter to be filed in the future.