ALL the world’s a stage for Carlos the Jackal, the veteran Marxist militant who since last month has reigned with imperious bluster over his trial in France on terrorism charges.

Despite spending the last 17 years behind bars, the world’s first celebrity terrorist is back in the spotlight with a new trial. Conall Ó Fátharta reports on the life and crimes of Carlos the Jackal.

A DEFIANT and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, went on trial again yesterday — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.

Carlos the Jackal has gone on trial again – this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.

NOTORIOUS terrorist Carlos the Jackal is to face trial in Paris in November for his alleged role in four deadly bombings in the early 1980s in France.

Notorious terrorist Carlos the Jackal is to face trial in Paris in November for his alleged role in four deadly bombings in the early 1980s in France.

JAILED Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal is to face trial for his alleged role in deadly terror bombings in 1982 and 1983 in France.

Jailed Venezuelan terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' is to face trial for his alleged role in deadly terror bombings in 1982 and 1983 in France, judicial officials said today.

THE European Court of Human Rights yesterday ruled that eight years of solitary confinement for Carlos the Jackal did not violate the jailed terrorist’s rights or amount to inhumane treatment.

The European Court of Human Rights today ruled that eight years of solitary confinement for Carlos the Jackal did not violate the jailed terrorist’s rights or amount to inhumane treatment.

A German court today acquitted a jailed aide of the terrorist Carlos the Jackal of murder in a deadly series of bombings in France in the early 1980s.

Jailed terrorist Carlos the Jackal has refused to provide evidence by video link to the murder trial in Germany of one of his top lieutenants.

Carlos the Jackal, once the world’s most wanted terrorist is on a hunger strike to protest being transferred to solitary confinement at a high-security French prison.

A friend of German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer was pardoned today after serving only two years of a nine year sentence for three terrorist murders.