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20 Jul 2005, 3:51 am
[JURIST] Thailand's National Human Rights Commission [official website] said Wednesday that a security decree passed by the Cabinet Tuesday giving Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [profile] new power to deal with an insurgency in the country's Muslim south should be abolished. [read post]
24 Jul 2006, 1:20 pm
[JURIST] The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) [official website] must tighten its anti-terrorism laws to conform with those of other states and territories, Australian Prime Minister John Howard [official profile] said Monday. [read post]
21 Jan 2007, 4:51 pm
[JURIST] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official profile; BBC profile] should be brought to trial for inciting genocide against Christians and Jews during remarks he made last month, former Israeli prime minister and current opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu [official website] said on Sunday. [read post]
1 Mar 2007, 11:55 am
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [BBC profile; official website, in Japanese] on Thursday denied that the Japanese military forced Korean and Chinese women into prostitution during World War II, echoing sentiments by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso [official website] last month that a proposed US resolution urging Japan to apologize for the alleged practice was based on bad [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 5:17 am
[JURIST] Former Saddam-era deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], brought before the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] Monday to testify against six defendants accused of genocide in the Anfal trial [JURIST news archive; BBC trial timeline], instead denied that Hussein's government had ever carried out any such attacks. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 4:37 pm
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [official website, English version] denied Thursday that the Japanese government had pressured a Shinto shrine to honor war criminals after the National Diet Library [official website] released documents suggesting that the government was deeply involved in the decision. [read post]
30 May 2007, 12:52 pm
The ruling also bars former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC profile] and 110 [read post]
1 Jun 2008, 7:03 am
[JURIST] The Election Commission of Pakistan [official website] Sunday cleared former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif [JURIST news archive] and his younger brother to run in the June 26 by-elections. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 7:37 am
[JURIST] The UK House of Lords on Monday rejected a proposal supported by Prime Minister Gordon Brown [official websites] to increase the amount of time authorities may detain terrorism suspects without charge. [read post]
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: “Countrywide Financial Corp. gave discount loans to former and current membe…
5 Jul 2012, 9:55 am
Congress and executives at government-sponsored Fannie Mae (FNMA) as it lobbied to scuttle legislation that would have diminished its sale of sub-prime mortgages.” Plus, from Angelo Mozilo: “Don’t worry” about the credit score. [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 8:06 am
Abingdon-based Kiddie Academy, a national provider of comprehensive education-based child care programs, was recently named a “Fastest Growing Franchise for 2016″ by Franchise Gator, an internet directory of franchise and business opportunities for entrepreneurs. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 6:05 am
On 30 January 1933, the 85-year-old German hero of World War 1, President Paul von Hindenburg, appointed Nazi leader Adolph Hitler as Reich Chancellor, which was akin to being named Prime Minister. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 4:05 am
Yesterday in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced stay-at-home restrictions for the country to combat the spread of COVID-19. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 6:50 am
Phillip Morton of TaxNews.Com reports that the Bailiwick of Jersey has announced proposed changes to tax legislation to encourage new High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) to the island: [Prime Minister Phillip Ozouf] explained that the current regime, which taxes all Jersey income at 20%, discourages HNWIs from investing in Jersey, because they are taxed more on their Jersey income than on similar [...] [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 10:37 am
[JURIST] A Slovenian appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction and two-year sentence of former prime minister Janez Jansa [personal website]. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 5:44 am
"They ended the week in pathos and disarray, after Fox Business announced that two candidates would be shunted from prime time to an 'undercard' debate, and two mainstays of the undercard debate would not make it to the Nov. 10 forum at all. [read post]
10 May 2016, 6:00 am
The controversy centers around the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca and its connections to high-ranking political figures, their relatives, celebrities, and business figures, including Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 10:09 am
[JURIST] A federal court in Pakistan on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] following the presentation of a final charge sheet by the country's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) [official website]. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 2:00 am
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg yesterday proposed an emergency 0.5% wealth tax on Britain's richest people. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 6:44 am
Agency for International Development has awarded the company a prime contract for support services for its Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance. [read post]
