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Of course Thaksin’s political revival can’t get underway unless and until he has been acquitted of corruption charges.
But he is likely to have made all the calculations related to the charges and other allegations before leaving London, and to have concluded that his chances of remaining free are high.
Most of India’s major news outlets highlighted in their coverage of the story charges of corruption and ineptitude.
Last week, two ministers resigned, but a parliamentary and media-sustained storm continues, fueled by conflict-of-interest charges against a minister suspected of corruption when raising money for Sarkozy’s presidential campaign.
Earnings can grow faster than revenues for a prolonged (though not indefinite) period, if companies cut costs or reduce investment – a trend that would, over time, lower depreciation charges.
So is the fact that state officials threatened Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger with criminal charges and forced Guardian employees to destroy computer equipment at the newspaper’s offices.
The authorities released two American journalists and a South Korean worker whom they had seized in August 2009 on charges of violating North Korean law.
Confronted by multiple charges of corruption against his government, the prime minister’s address to the nation partly sought to divert attention from the scandals by focusing, bizarrely, on a litany of other problems, from high inflation and the Naxalite rebellion to persistent malnutrition and terrorist attacks.
For the ECB to protect itself from such charges, far better to wait until October when the bank can go to the public and say in effect;“Look, do you see how reasonable we have been.
Not long before that, his successor at the IMF, Dominique Strauss Kahn, faced pimping charges in France.
Lying and LeadershipCAMBRIDGE – This election season has been marked by frequent charges of dishonesty.
The FIFA SyndromeLONDON – The arrest of FIFA executives on a raft of fraud and corruption charges has been front-page news in recent days.
But the charges brought by the Swiss and American authorities focus on bribery and embezzlement, and do not address another egregious injustice: the treatment of the migrant workers in Qatar who are building the stadiums for the 2022 FIFA Football World Cup.
It is an absurd charge, but absurd charges can curry public support if presented in a slick, well-funded format.
Bibi’s Faustian BargainJERUSALEM – On February 13, after an investigation that began in 2016, the Israeli police recommended charges against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
Fourth, in recent months opposition leaders and human rights activists have been subjected to criminal charges for speech critical of the government.
While the criminal case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual-assault charges now seems highly uncertain, the ensuing press focus on the IMF suggests an uncontrolled international bureaucracy with unlimited expense accounts, dominated by men with little sense of restraint.
A general's trialBUCHAREST: As Chile’s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, under house arrest outside of London, awaits a final decision on whether he is to be extradited to Spain to face charges of having committed crimes against humanity, Romania has tried and convicted one of its own military leaders for his role in the massacre of civilians in the city of Timisoara ten years ago.
The only way to simulate an income tax on behalf of Nexus is to use Ken’s last annual income as a reference salary and extract from Luke’s revenues income tax and social security charges equivalent to what Ken paid.
Today, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is in jail on dubious sodomy charges; the government has passed legislation that essentially authorizes it to detain critics indefinitely; and Prime Minister Najib Razak remains embroiled in multiple economic and political scandals.
These are issues for debate, but one thing should be clear: The eurozone should not aim to achieve the minimum necessary under favorable conditions, which would expose its leaders to charges of poor contingency planning should crisis conditions reemerge.
However, despite its many advantages, congestion charges face some skepticism.
The low level of intraregional trade, despite the SADC and COMESA, reflects several factors, including a range of non-tariff barriers – mainly communication and transport problems, customs procedures and charges, and a lack of market information.
Trump is just one of the people at risk of criminal charges as a result of Mueller’s investigation.
One of his most infamous clients was the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych, who, upon winning the presidency of Ukraine, imprisoned his main rival, the previous prime minister, on trumped-up charges.
Soul Searching in South KoreaSEOUL – The impeachment, and removal from office, of South Korean President Park Geun-hye on charges of corruption and abuse of power has rocked the country’s political establishment and divided the electorate.
The arrest in February of the Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, on bribery charges, indicates the scope of the problem.
The Return of the Renminbi RantNEW HAVEN – China’s currency, the renminbi, has been weakening in recent months, resurrecting familiar charges of manipulation, competitive devaluation, and beggar-thy-neighbor mercantilism.
Kem Sokha, who co-headed the main opposition group, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested in September on dubious treason charges.
So the arrest of Politburo member and Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Liangyu on corruption charges has sent shock waves across the country.
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