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- US troops detain Iranian businessman in Iraq
- SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq AFP — US forces arrested an Iranian businessman on Thursday at a hotel in Sulaimaniyah, a majority Kurdish city in northern Iraq, a regional government official told AFP. The businessman, identified only as Farhadi, was detained at around 4.00 am midnight GMT after US troops raided the...
- Research articles 2007-09-20
- Two Sentenced in $1.4 Million Virgin Islands Bribery Scandal
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008 WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A former U.S. Virgin Islands fireman and an Atlanta businessman were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands for their role in an elaborate bribery and kickback scheme to defraud the...
- Research articles 2007-05-16
- Former Congressman Robert W. Ney Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Corruption Crimes
- To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2008 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Congressman Robert W. Ney has been sentenced to 30 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release and fined $6,000, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher...
- Research articles 2007-01-19
- UPDATED: Former Congressman Robert W. Ney Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Corruption Crimes
- To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2008 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Congressman Robert W. Ney has been sentenced to 30 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release and fined $6,000, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher...
- Research articles 2007-01-19
- Russia links ex–Yukos chief to spy–poisoning case
- MOSCOW AFP — The Russian public prosecutor's office said it had information which might help clear up the murder of poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, involving a former close associate of jailed Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky. "The information we have received shows a link between the criminal enquiry... around Alexander...
- Research articles 2006-12-27
- America for sale: as our government careens toward bankruptcy, Americans are being dispossessed by the outsourcing of industrial jobs and the buyout of our infrastructure by foreign interests
- We begin with a parable: Driven to the streets after a run of relentless misfortune, a man took up station on a street corner holding a hand-lettered sign stating: "Will work for food." Most pedestrians and motorists passed the desperate man without so much as a second's worth of...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- The General's Daughter on PBS
- On January 15, 2006, the world took notice as Michelle Bachelet captured Chile's presidency in a hard-fought runoff election against a popular billionaire businessman. The General's Daughter is Wide Angle's new documentary that explores both the personal and national contexts that gave rise to Bachelet's run for the presidency...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- 2,000 protestors demand return to law and order in Kyrgyzstan
- BISHKEK AFP — About 2,000 people have marched to the centre of Kyrgyzstan's capital, demanding constitutional reforms and a "return" to law and order after the supreme court allowed a controversial businessman to stand at a by-election. The protest organised under the title "For Law and Order" was organised...
- Research articles 2006-04-08
- Walton named fifth most influential businessman
- Sam Walton, the late founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, has been named Forbes magazine's fifth most influential businessman. The ranking is part of the magazine's list of the 20 most influential businessmen of all time. The magazine has been counting down the list at noon every business...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Police clash with thousands of protestors in Kyrgyzstan
- BISHKEK AFP — Police clashed with up to 7,000 protestors in front of Kyrgyzstan's main government complex as tensions mounted ahead of a presidential election that has been set for July following the ouster of veteran leader Askar Akayev. The unrest built up after a group of around 1,000...
- Research articles 2005-06-17
- UN's Annan says did not know of Korea envoy ties
- UNITED NATIONS AFP — UN Secretary General Kofi Annan claimed he did not know his advisor on North Korea had ties to a businessman charged last week with lobbying for Saddam Hussein's government. Annan refused further comment on questions surrounding the advisor, Canadian Maurice Strong, who on Monday acknowledged...
- Research articles 2005-04-19
- Turkish businessman back home after release in Iraq
- ISTANBUL AFP — A Turkish businessman, Kahraman Sadikoglu, reportedly arrived back in Turkey, a day after he was freed in Iraq after almost two months as a hostage. Sadikoglu, who flew into Istanbul airport abroad a private plane, appeared to be in good health, the Anatolia news agency said....
- Research articles 2005-02-15
- Jonesboro businessman pleads guilty to mischief
- A 30-year-old Jonesboro businessman pleaded guilty recently to a misdemeanor charge for destroying a skateboard park in downtown Jonesboro. Chris Baugh was sentenced to four days in jail and ordered to pay $12,139 for damaging the park and $10,000 to the Jonesboro Skateboard Association, according to the Craighead County...
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- French film star Depardieu questioned over ties to Algerian businessman
- PARIS AFP — French movie star Gerard Depardieu was questioned by Paris police about his links to a fugitive Algerian businessman suspected of money laundering, police sources said. He was the second French celebrity -- following Catherine Deneuve, who was quizzed last week -- to be interrogated by a...
- Research articles 2005-01-12
- Prosecutor reviewing skateboard case
- The Craighead County Prosecuting Attorney's Office hasn't made a charging decision in the case of a Jonesboro businessman who was arrested last month for allegedly destroying a skateboard park in downtown Jonesboro. Chris Baugh, 30, was arrested Aug. 24 on felony criminal mischief in the second degree for the...
- Research articles 2004-09-13
- US businessman files suit against Atkins diet program
- WASHINGTON AFP ? A Florida businessman has filed suit against Atkins Nutritionals, charging that the company's high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet regimen caused his severe heart disease, which nearly killed him. Jody Gorran filed the lawsuit against Atkins Nutritionals and the estate of the late doctor Robert Atkins in a Palm...
- Research articles 2004-05-27
- Senate hopefuls start debates tonight.(News)
- Byline: Eric Krol Daily Herald Political Writer The U.S. Senate race kicks off in earnest tonight with the first of two live broadcast debates co-sponsored by the Daily Herald and WBEZ 91.5-FM. Six Republican Senate candidates face off tonight from 6:30 to...
- Research articles 2004-02-03
- Israeli MPs vote down censure motion over corruption scandal
- JERUSALEM AFP ? The Israeli parliament voted down an opposition motion censuring the government over a corruption scandal that has engulfed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The motion put forward by opposition Labour MP Matan Vinai was defeated by 49 votes to 32, according to parliamentary sources. Acting attorney...
- Research articles 2004-01-26
- Israeli businessman charged with attempting to bribe Sharon
- TEL AVIV AFP ? Israeli businessman David Appel was charged with offering a bribe to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the end of the 1990s, when Sharon was foreign minister. The indictment served Wednesday in a Tel Aviv magistrates' court did not say if Sharon accepted the bribe....
- Research articles 2004-01-21
- Indian investigators register case against ex-minister for graft
- NEW DELHI, AFP ? Indian investigators have filed a case against former junior environment minister Dilip Singh Judeo, who quit last month after video footage showed him taking cash from a businessman seeking a mining contract. The Central Bureau of Investigation initiated a corruption case against Judeo who faces...
- Research articles 2003-12-21
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