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Thu 03 Mar 2007Conrad Black's former aides set to testify against himFormer press baron Conrad Black has suffered two setbacks in his ongoing legal battle in the US.A US judge has ruled that prosecutors will be allowed to put close former colleagues on the stand to recount Lord Black's role in an alleged $80 million (€61 million) fraud.