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Gilbert Degrave (R/foreground) Belgian driver of the Volvo truck which caught fire half way through the 11-kilometer (6.8 mile) Mont-Blanc tunnel nearly six years ago waits with his lawyers Corinne Perini (R/second row) and Jean Paul Tieleman (second row/second R) during the trial held in Bonneville, French Alps, 02 February 2005, to determine the responsibility of the inferno that killed 39 people. Twelve individuals and four companies are defendants in that case. AFP PHOTO JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT