Liberia, Oct. 9 -- Judge Ousman Feika Rejects Defense Submission Before Closing Arguments; His Prediction of a Supreme Court Challenge Raises Courtroom Questions

Monrovia- A jury at Criminal Court "C" in Monrovia has returned a series of guilty, not-guilty and inconclusive verdicts in the high-profile Saudi-donated rice trial, marking a dramatic development in a case involving former senior government officials accused of criminal wrongdoing in the handling of humanitarian rice donated to Liberia by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The verdicts followed the final arguments by prosecution and defense lawyers on Friday, bringing the trial to a critical juncture in a case that has attracted national attention because of the identities of the d...