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Sentencing Katsav - the first former Israeli head of state to be jailed - the judges told him no-one was above the law.

The first former detainee of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to be tried in a civilian court has been jailed for life by a judge in New York.

Last March, Michael Jordan became the first former National Basketball Association player to be majority owner of an NBA team.

As the evening of 3, as the interviewee is not the first former South Korean media reports on any position.

Jason Garrett is the first former Dallas player to be named Cowboys' head coach.

Mr Chirac is the first former head of state to be sentenced in the fifth Republic.

As US secretary of state, Clinton is the first former first lady to serve in a president's cabinet.

Moldova became the first former Soviet state to elect a Communist as its president.

Woodson has become first former NBA coach being interviewed by Rockets this summer.

Slobodan Milosevic is arrested, becoming the first former head of state to face war-crimes charges.

Mr Taylor, now aged 59, is the first former African head of state to face an international war-crimes court.

He is the first former prime minister in Israel to face criminal charges.

Cecilia Ibru is the first former senior bank official to be sentenced following a financial crisis in Nigeria last year.

Former French President Chirac became the first former French leader to stand trial since the Second World War,