COD: subject (someone) to trial, or investigate and decide (a case or issue) in a formal trial.LONDON ( AP ) --- A Polish-born man in his 80s will be tried early next year for mass murders during World War II in Britain 's first war crimes trial , The Independent newspaper reported Monday .The late President Francois Mitterrand admitted in a television interview that he was against trying old men for war crimes .Three members of the 11-member court voted to give the U.S. court the right to try Pang for first-degree murder .The court would try people for war crimes , crimes against humanity and other serious human-rights violations .Just before the summit , Arafat named five judges to a special military court that will try suspected assailants .BLANTYRE , Malawi ( AP ) --- The judge trying ousted dictator Kamuzu Banda for murder on Monday approved a jury to hear the case .Deri is being tried on corruption charges and Israel Television reported that Bar-On was to arrange a plea bargain in exchange for his appointment .Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman , the Egyptian preacher who is being tried in the United States on charges of planning attacks on American landmarks , declared in 1989 that Mahfouz deserved to die for writing the work .Simpson , a movie actor and TV sports commentator who gained fame as a professional football player , is being tried for the June 12 murders of his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman .Former President Mengistu Haile Mariam and 20 others are in exile or in hiding and being tried in absentia on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity .He said he would ask that the man be tried in a Bosnian Serb court , `` if there is evidence to support the accusations . ''`` He will be tried in court for his actions , '' he added .He later said they would be tried in military courts .The blind sheik , who is the spiritual guide of the militants in Egypt , is presently being tried in the United States for alleged conspiracy to bomb government buildings and bridges in New York City .PERUGIA , Italy ( AP ) --- Giulio Andreotti was questioned Thursday for three hours by a judge who must decide whether the former premier should be tried for the murder of a journalist .DHAKA , Bangladesh ( AP ) --- Former army officers can be tried in the 1975 murder of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during a coup , Bangladesh 's highest court ruled Tuesday .But Ben-Yair said Israel 's criminal laws do n't allow a person to be tried for murder more than 20 years after the alleged crime was committed .Prosecutors trying football star O.J. Simpson for murder laid out a timeline for the crime , centered around a dog 's `` plaintive wail '' in the night .The jailbreak occurred as he was being tried in connection with the murder in India of two tourists .The soldiers were expected to be tried by a military court next month .In Cairo , Egypt 's constitutional court considers whether civilians may be tried before military courts .The military has exerted pressure to prevent any officers from being tried in court .Attorney General Hisham Saraya announced Saturday that 15 defendants , including four still at large , will be tried by a state security court for four attacks in southern Egypt in 1993 and 1994 .Still , parliament voted to try Claes for his alleged involvement in the deal , and on Oct. 20 he was forced to step down as NATO chief after barely a year on the job .Local leaders made speeches demanding Anderson be tried in India for mass murder , while others spoke of the plight of the half-million people seeking compensation .The tribunal does not have the power to try in absentia , and the Yugoslav constitution prohibits authorities from turning Serbs over to trial outside the country .The Tribunal can not try suspects in absentia , but can hold public hearings on charges against them as a means of gaining international condemnation of suspects .He is to be tried in absentia because he is too ill to come to court .Shubeilat will be tried in a military court soon and if convicted faces up to 10 years in jail , officials said .The Rwandan government and a U.N.-mandated international tribunal are attempting to try tens of thousands of people who planned or participated in last year 's genocide of an estimated 500,000 , mostly ethnic Tutsis .The date on which they were re-charged was in 1973 and was used as a pretext to deprive them of the right to be tried by a jury .Yale law professor and quirky constitutional historian Bruce Ackerman , testifying before the House of Representatives in December , argued that a newly elected Congress has little authority to try an official who was impeached by the previous one .A caustic piece reports that war has improved life in Belgrade : There are no traffic jams ( because so many people have fled ) , and the crime rate has dropped ( because all offenses are tried under martial law ) .You 're trying this case .The Wall Street Journal states that the plaintiffs ' lawyers hired by Texas to try the case will receive as part of the deal almost $ 2 .Abdul Galeel Nazeer Karori , a leading Islamist and member of Sudan 's ruling National Congress party , said in Khartoum , `` We will not allow any arrest or trial of a Sudanese official , unless they will arrest the 30 million Sudanese people and try them . ''Abdul Galeel Nazeer Karori , a leading Islamist and member of Sudan 's ruling National Congress party , said in Khartoum , `` We will not allow any arrest or trial of a Sudanese official , unless they will arrest the 30 million Sudanese people and try them . ''There may be a hundred crimes in the background , but it is only on this one that they can be tried . "