Conrad Black trial 'muted and tedious'

According to Richard Siklos, the trial of Conrad Black was billed in Canada as "the trial of the century". But, two months into the trial, he says that though there have been colourful moments, it has been "a mostly muted and sometimes tedious affair." He points out that none of Black's defence witnesses have been "the bold-face figures" Black mixed with as he built up one of the world's largest newspaper companies. (Via International Herald Tribune)