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Sat 02 Feb 2010Perjury taken more seriously elsewhere

WORLD VIEW:The common feature of some celebrated cases of politics-related perjury? Jail terms, writes PATRICK SMYTH

An oath, an oath, I have an oath in heaven: Shall I lay perjury upon my soul? No, not for Venice.