Four men charged in connection with the killing of outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya entered not guilty pleas at their trial, a lawyer for one of the defendants told AFP on Wednesday.

Four men charged in connection with the killing of outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya entered not guilty pleas at their trial, a lawyer for one of the defendants told AFP on Wednesday.

WHITE PLAINS, New York, Oct 5, 2007 (AFP) - After years of dodging doping allegations, US track star Marion Jones admitted on Friday that she had taken banned steroids, in a move that could see her stripped of her Olympic medals.

Jones, 31, appeared in a court in White Plains, New York, where she pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to federal agents over her drug use and an unrelated fraud charge, for which she now faces up to 10 years in jail.

WHITE PLAINS, New York, Oct 5, 2007 (AFP) - Track star Marion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday to lying about her use of banned drugs to US agents, in a move that could see the American sprinter put behind bars.

Jones, 31, who has dodged doping allegations for years, entered the plea at a US District Court in New York state.

In a statement read out to the court, Jones admitted using the steroid THG, produced by the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) and known as 'the clear,' between September 2000 and July 2001.

FORT MEADE, Maryland, Aug 20, 2007 (AFP) - The only US military officer accused in the prisoner abuse scandal at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail pleaded not guilty on Monday at the start of his court martial here.

Lieutenant Colonel Steven Jordan, 51, faces four charges stemming from the affair including obstructing justice and dereliction of duty.

Jordan was officially responsible for the interrogation center at the Baghdad prison of Abu Ghraib.