Search for: "Prime"
Results 5241 - 5260
of 32,798
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
8 Jan 2008, 1:02 am
[JURIST] Pojamarn Shinwatra, wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], returned to Thailand from self-imposed exile Tuesday to face corruption and fraud charges. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 11:01 am
[JURIST] Thana Tansiri, a lawyer for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], began serving a six-month prison sentence Monday for his role in an attempt to bribe officials [Nation report] overseeing a corruption case against Thaksin. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 4:33 am
[JURIST] Human rights groups and defense lawyers have criticized the refusal of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official profile] to interfere with US proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] in light of documents [text, PDF] released Thursday showing that the Canadian government knew Khadr had been mistreated [JURIST report]. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 5:02 am
[JURIST] Protesters led by Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy [JURIST news archive] petitioned the country's National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) [official website] Monday, asking it to bring new corruption charges against government officials and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 12:00 pm
[JURIST] In a televised address to the nation [transcript; recorded video] Wednesday evening, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official website] promised to use "every legal means" at his disposal "to protect our democracy, to protect our economy and to protect Canada" on the eve of a critical meeting scheduled for 9:30 AM ET Thursday morning with Governor General Michaelle Jean [official [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 12:27 pm
[JURIST] Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] could face a third corruption trial based on new information that recently surfaced, according to Saturday reports. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 7:39 am
The constitution was approved by the interim government [JURIST report] in May and would shift power from the president to the prime minister, define Kyrgyzstan as a secular state, limit the president... [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 10:42 am
[JURIST] Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law, combating corruption and improving transparency in a speech [text, in Chinese] published by the government Sunday. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 8:42 am
[JURIST] Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] went on trial Friday in the Pechersky District Court on abuse of power charges. [read post]
22 May 2012, 9:00 am
[JURIST] Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim [personal profile; JURIST news archive] was charged Tuesday along with two colleagues for violating a government protest ban. [read post]
21 Dec 2022, 2:58 pm
NYT: On Nov. 30, 2020, Sean Hannity hosted Sidney Powell on his prime-time Fox News program. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 9:57 am
Jorge Bergoglio is a member of the Jesuit order, commonly known as the “Society of Jesus,” which came into existence in the late 1500′s. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 9:43 pm
" Still gritty and real, the city once had an economic school of thought named after it, via England's Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. [read post]
16 Nov 2004, 4:20 am
[JURIST] Mark Thatcher, son of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was charged Tuesday along with seven others for alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. [read post]
21 Nov 2004, 10:39 am
Al-Khawaja, the vice president of the now banned Bahrain Center for Human Rights, had accused the government of financial mismanagement and called for the resignation of the Prime Minister Sheik Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. [read post]
24 Dec 2004, 10:29 am
[JURIST] Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has denied that Iraq used the UN oil-for-food program to extort billions of dollars according to lawyer Badih Aref, speaking Friday for Aziz after having been allowed to meet him for the first time Thursday in Baghdad. [read post]
5 Jan 2005, 5:37 am
[JURIST] British Prime Minister Tony Blair Wednesday defended a controversial law allowing the detention of foreign terror suspects without charge or trial even in the face of a House of Lords ruling that the law is contrary to European human rights laws. [read post]
8 Feb 2005, 5:10 am
[JURIST] In Tuesday's international brief, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon [official profile] and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today announced a truce between Israelis and Palestinians. [read post]
17 Feb 2005, 8:10 pm
[JURIST] Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi [CBC profile] Thursday warned the Shiite coalition victorious in last month's election [JURIST report] against banning the Ba'ath Party [Wikipedia entry; 2002 Le Monde backgrounder in English] formerly associated with Saddam Hussein from any involvement in government, saying that would cause even greater upheaval and unrest in the region. [read post]
23 Mar 2005, 1:30 pm
[JURIST] President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Mexican President Vicente Fox Wednesday unveiled the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America [White House press release], a pact which seeks to broaden cooperation on security and economic issues. [read post]
