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Prior to that appointment he was Senior Trial Attorney against the principals of  RTLM radio and the editor of the <em>Kangura<\/em> newspaper in what is commonly referred to as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Media Trial\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. 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