He has said that he will refuse bail and conduct his campaign of resistance from a jail cell.

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Outside the court, campaigners against domestic violence urged the judge to refuse bail.

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The judge overturned a magistrate's decision to refuse her bail and keep her in custody over Easter.

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If Greece fails to meet the IMF terms then the Dutch, Germans and Finns might refuse a second bail-out.

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Then he required the French government to give its aid to Alstom in the form of debt, rather than through the purchase of shares in the firm, so that the aid could be reclaimed should he refuse to allow the bail-out.

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