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- SKorea watchdog starts review of HSBC bid for bank
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea's financial watchdog said Monday it has started a long-delayed review of HSBC's bid to buy Korea Exchange Bank KEB, after the global giant submitted updated documents on the deal. Financial Services Commission chief Jun Kwang-Woo said the regulatory review began on August 18 but...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- Corruption killing Bangladesh forests: watchdog
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh's jungles, including the world's largest mangrove forest the Sunderbans, are being destroyed because of rampant corruption in the nation's forest department, a graft watchdog said Monday. Transparency International TI said in its report that forest officials were engaged in illegal logging worth millions of dollars...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Syria must not hamper IAEA investigation: US
- VIENNA AFP — The United States warned Syria on Wednesday not to hinder a probe by the UN's atomic watchdog into allegations that Damascus had been building a clandestine nuclear facility. "It is imperative that Syria fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and in no way hinder...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- Syrian watchdog says opposition writer arrested
- DAMASCUS AFP — The Syrian authorities have arrested author and opposition figure Habib Saleh for the third time since 2001, the National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria NOHRS said on Saturday. Saleh, who has been under police surveillance since his release from jail in September 2007, was detained...
- Research articles 2008-05-10
- Reformist Saudi blogger freed
- RIYADH AFP — A Saudi blogger and reform advocate, whose detention without charge four months ago sparked criticism from Washington, has been freed, newspapers in the conservative kingdom reported on Sunday. Fouad al-Farhan was released from a jail in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Saturday, the English-language...
- Research articles 2008-04-27
- Iran envoy's nuclear talks postponed: official media
- TEHRAN AFP — A planned trip by the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation for talks with the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has been postponed, the official IRNA news agency said on Sunday. Gholam Reza Aghazadeh had been due to travel to the International...
- Research articles 2008-04-13
- Iran envoy set for talks with UN nuclear chief
- TEHRAN AFP — The head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation is to travel to Vienna on Monday for talks with the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, the official IRNA news agency said. "Gholamreza Aghazadeh will travel to Vienna on Monday for talks with Mohamed ElBaradei,"...
- Research articles 2008-04-12
- Syrian rights activist detained in Kurdish northeast
- DAMASCUS AFP — Syrian police have detained a human rights activist in the mainly Kurdish northeastern city of Hasakah, rights watchdogs said on Thursday. "The state security service in Hasakah arrested activist Osama Edward Qario on Wednesday evening because of his activities and his writings about public life in...
- Research articles 2008-02-28
- News briefs: MP's new post
- CALDER Valley MP Chris McCafferty has an additional job. She has been elected chairman of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Assembly acts as a watchdog on human rights, democracy and the rule of law in its member states....
- Research articles 2008-02-05
- Iran brushes off new sanctions threat
- TEHRAN AFP — Iran described as illegal and ineffective on Wednesday the threat of new UN sanctions and said it would clear up any remaining questions about its nuclear programme in talks with the UN watchdog. Iranian officials said there was no need for the UN Security Council to...
- Research articles 2008-01-23
- Iran brushes off new sanctions threat
- TEHRAN AFP — Iran described as illegal and ineffective on Wednesday the threat of new UN sanctions and said it would clear up any remaining questions about its nuclear programme in talks with the UN watchdog. Iranian officials said there was no need for the UN Security Council to...
- Research articles 2008-01-23
- Cautioning Congress II
- This reminds me of an important warning I have for Congress. Do not--I repeat, do not--confirm a Bush appointee to replace David Walker, the head of the Government Accountability Office who recently resigned. The GAO plays a crucial role as a watchdog for government agencies. The job has an unusual...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Iran making 'substantial progress' but more needed: UN nuclear watchdog
- VIENNA AFP — Iran has made "substantial progress" in revealing the nature and extent of its disputed nuclear programme, but needs to be more pro-active in providing information, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a key report Thursday. "Iran has provided sufficient access to individuals and has responded in...
- Research articles 2007-11-15
- Weller will not seek 8th term in Congress
- JOLIET, Ill. AP -- Republican U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, recently named one of the most corrupt members of Congress by a watchdog group, announced Friday that he will not seek an eighth term. "I need to give my family the time needed to be a full-time dad and...
- Research articles 2007-09-22
- Syria jails four Islamists
- DAMASCUS AFP — A Syrian emergency court has handed down heavy jail terms against four members of the outlawed Islamist opposition, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday. "The state security court sentenced Yussef Najiat and Muwaffak Farmat to death for membership of the Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday but...
- Research articles 2007-08-28
- BA fined record 121.5 million pounds over price fixing
- LONDON AFP — British Airways has been fined a record 121.5 million pounds (180 million euros, 246 million dollars) after admitting collusion over fuel surcharges on tickets, a financial watchdog said Wednesday. But Virgin Atlantic escaped punishment because it cooperated with the inquiry, the Office of Fair Trading OFT...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- OWNERSHIP UNBUNDLING : SMES WANT MORE ACTION AGAINST ENERGY MONOPOLIES.
- The SME employers' association UEAPME voiced mixed feelings over the report by MEP Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP-ED, Spain) on the internal gas and electricity market. UEAPME believes MEPs have been "far too indulgent" towards energy giants. Even if Vidal-Quadras' own initiative report, adopted by the European ...
- Research articles 2007-07-25
- Youssou Ndour's label sues musical rights watchdog in Senegal
- DAKAR AFP — Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour's record label is suing the nation's copyright watchdog for allowing Internet firms to offer music for phone ring tones without his permission, lawyers said Wednesday. Mbaye Jacques Ndiaye, lawyer for the Jololi label, said he had lodged a petition against the BSDA,...
- Research articles 2007-07-25
- Anti-Iraq war campaigner Galloway faces suspension from UK parliament
- LONDON AFP — A British watchdog recommended Tuesday that MP and anti-Iraq war activist George Galloway be suspended from parliament after a probe into the funding of his campaign against UN sanctions in Iraq. The Standards and Privileges Committee backed a finding that there was "strong circumstantial evidence" that...
- Research articles 2007-07-17
- China to "salvage" reputation on food, drug safety
- BEIJING AFP — China has announced fresh measures to ensure substandard drugs are stopped from reaching stores as it works to salvage its credibility following a raft of safety scandals, state press reported Thursday. The nation's food and drug watchdog will have to abide by new regulations to improve...
- Research articles 2007-07-11
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