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- Mugabe brandishes spectre of war in vote build-up
- HARARE AFP — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe raised the spectre of war on Friday by warning that his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph in a June 27 election. In comments carried by state media, the 84-year-old said veterans of the...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- Israeli PM fights for political life in bribery scandal
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was facing mounting calls on Friday to resign over a criminal probe into allegations he took bribes from a millionaire US financier. Olmert has vehemently denied any wrongdoing but said he would quit if he is charged in a case that...
- Research articles 2008-05-08
- Israeli PM Olmert denies taking bribes
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday denied allegations of bribery but said he would resign if charged in a case that threatens to shake up the nation's political landscape. Details of the allegations against the 62-year-old premier were unveiled after the justice ministry lifted a...
- Research articles 2008-05-08
- Sarkozy praise for Tunisian rights 'progress' sparks outrage
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's remark that "the sphere of liberties" in Tunisia is improving sparked outrage Tuesday among human rights groups and the Socialist opposition in France who accuse the North African state of torturing dissidents and blocking press freedoms. "His unacceptable declaration has led him...
- Research articles 2008-04-29
- New Knicks president keeps quiet about Thomas' status as coach
- With the worst-kept management secret in the NBA confirmed Wednesday, speculation zeroed in on whether Donnie Walsh will retain Isiah Thomas as coach of the New York Knicks. No immediate answer was forthcoming at a news conference. But Madison Square Garden Chairman James Dolan made it...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- Despite Intimidation and Ballot-Rigging, Putin's Vote Was Down From Previous Polls
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Laura Osio, media relations manager of the Cato Institute, +1-202-789-5200, losio@cato.org WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Andrei Illarionov, Cato Institute Senior Fellow and former advisor to Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, released the following statement on Russias parliamentary election held on December 2:Russian President Vladimir Putin is...
- Research articles 2007-12-03
- US president honors Cuban dissident
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush awarded his top honor to the Cuban dissident Oscar Elias Biscet here on Monday, handing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the political prisoner's family. "To the Cuban dictatorship, Dr. Biscet is a 'dangerous man.' He is dangerous in the same...
- Research articles 2007-11-05
- Syria to issue ID cards to Golan residents
- DAMASCUS AFP — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered ID cards to be granted to Syrians citizens living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday. "The Syrian president has issued orders to grant Syrian ID cards to Syrian citizens of the occupied Golan...
- Research articles 2007-10-23
- Knicks' Isaiah Thomas found guilty of sexual harassment
- WASHINGTON AFP — A jury ruled Tuesday that New York Knicks coach Isaiah Thomas was liable for sexual harassment against a former colleague, and that the team's owner and its chairman should pay the victim more than 11 million dollars in damages. After a three-week trial, the jury was...
- Research articles 2007-10-02
- Disgraced Israeli ex-president to lose perks
- JERUSALEM AFP — An Israeli parliament committee passed a measure on Monday that would strip many post-office perks from disgraced former president Moshe Katsav, embroiled in a sex scandal. The Knesset finance committee voted to strip privileges accorded to former presidents, prime ministers, ministers and magistrates who have been...
- Research articles 2007-07-30
- Disgraced Israel ex-president insists plea bargain fair
- JERUSALEM AFP — Disgraced former Israeli president Moshe Katsav defended on Tuesday the plea bargain that saw him escape jail for sex offences in a television interview alongside his wife Gila. Katsav said he would abide by the terms of the plea bargain which he signed on Thursday under...
- Research articles 2007-07-03
- Prosecutors to indict Israel president for sex offences
- JERUSALEM AFP — Prosecutors will file an indictment on Sunday against Israeli president Moshe Katsav for sex offences, following a controversial plea bargain slammed by thousands of people at a public rally. The indictment against the disgraced head of state, whose resignation comes into effect at 11:00 am (0800...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Israeli president resigns over sex scandal
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israel's disgraced president Moshe Katsav resigned on Friday, one day after signing a controversial plea bargain that will see him convicted of sexual offences but not of initial rape charges. Katsav, who suspended himself from duty in January over the worst scandal to befall an Israeli...
- Research articles 2007-06-29
- Israeli president resigns over sex offences
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israel's disgraced president Moshe Katsav resigned on Friday after signing a controversial plea bargain that will see him convicted of sexual offences but escape jail for initial rape charges. The father of five, who suspended himself from duty in January over the worst scandal to befall...
- Research articles 2007-06-29
- Israel to elect new president in June
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israel's parliament will elect a new president on June 13 to replace Moshe Katsav, currently suspended from public duty over allegations of rape, sources in parliament said on Monday. Lawmakers approved the date fixed by parliament's constitution committee earlier this month, given that Katsav's seven-year term...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Israel president's lawyers in final hearing over rape charges
- JERUSALEM AFP — Lawyers representing Israeli President Moshe Katsav, facing charges of rape and other crimes, met with the attorney general on Tuesday for a second time to present details in his defence, the justice ministry announced. One of them, Tzion Amir, said afterwards: "We have the feeling that...
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- Israeli president submits defence on rape charges
- JERUSALEM AFP — Lawyers for Israel's suspended President Moshe Katsav on Wednesday presented his defence on charges including rape before the attorney general, a justice ministry spokesman said. "Mr Katsav's lawyers attended a hearing with Attorney General Menahem Mazuz earlier today," he said. After the four-hour hearing, both...
- Research articles 2007-05-02
- World Bank chief to change, not resign
- WASHINGTON AFP — World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz met with top managers to discuss ways of changing his leadership style amid a favoritism scandal that has prompted calls for him to resign, a US media report said Tuesday. The Washington Post said the major development lender's American president held...
- Research articles 2007-04-24
- Israeli president to be indicted on second rape charge
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israel's attorney general said on Sunday that he intended to indict president Moshe Katsav, who is currently on leave of absence, on a second rape charge. The decision was taken after Katsav was questioned for three hours by police last week over a new complaint filed...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Israeli president questioned over new sex charges
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israel's President Moshe Katsav, on temporary leave over a looming rape charge, was questioned on Thursday by police over a new sexual offence charge. "President Moshe Katsav was questioned for three hours over a complaint filed by one of the women who had filed a complaint...
- Research articles 2007-03-29
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