Charges
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In fact, the
charges
of lying concern only Blair, for Bush has (so far) been absolved of all possible sins in view of the apparent success of the Iraq campaign.
So far, Blair has proven his resilience to such
charges.
Ciller is widely believed to have forged an alliance with Refah, which she once condemned as more dangerous to Turkey than the rebellious Kurds to protect herself from the very
charges
of corruption that Turkey's new government now seems poised to bring against her.
The head of Sciences Po, Richard Descoings, implemented a program of positive discrimination that favors disadvantaged candidates, such as those from immigrant suburbs and rural areas, and
charges
increased fees to wealthier students.
Moreover, Bush’s exaggerated rhetoric was often at odds with his practice, giving rise to
charges
of hypocrisy.
Sanders’s
charges
put her back on her heels; when asked by the moderator in a CNN Town Hall why she accepted so much money from Goldman Sachs, a nonplussed Clinton shrugged and replied, “That’s what they offered.”
But it would be a mistake to view this as a fight between the executive and the judiciary, or as an attempt to cover up
charges
that have led to the resignation of three ministers.
A “primary” budget deficit (or surplus) is the difference between a government’s outlays for everything excluding the interest payments that it must pay on its debt and its receipts from taxes and other
charges.
The fourth initiative also concerned foreign affairs: the freeing of the six Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya on false
charges
of infecting children deliberately with HIV/AIDS.
But the defeated have typically retired quietly, and never faced formal corruption
charges.
Environmental
charges
and levies – such as higher registration fees for motor vehicles, pollution charges, and improved cost recovery on utilities – might also help, while simultaneously addressing urban environmental problems.
J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank have paid substantial sums to settle
charges
ranging from bribery to illegal foreclosures to abetting tax evasion.
That means lower loan-to-value ratios, stricter mortgage-underwriting standards, limits on second-home financing, higher counter-cyclical capital buffers for mortgage lending, higher permanent capital
charges
for mortgages, and restrictions on the use of pension funds for down payments on home purchases.
Indeed, under Chirac, France appears increasingly arrogant, a nation convinced of the righteousness of its views and the universality of its model - the very
charges
so often levelled against George W. Bush's America.
Some activists have criticized US Senator Jim Webb’s journey to Yangon to obtain the release of John Yettaw, the American whose actions triggered the
charges
against Aung San Suu Kyi.
After Dokubu renewed threats to oil infrastructure last September, he was arrested on sedition
charges
and now faces the possibility of execution or life in prison.
Public anger at the
charges
coming from America and Britain about Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) increased as round-the-clock television coverage showed the devastation and suffering caused by floods in the country’s northwest, the worst in more than 80 years.
Such
charges
are always on shaky ground, regardless of their origin.
Western Union
charges
fees as high as 25% on transfers to these countries, compared to an average global benchmark of 5%, and has required that Franc-Zone countries sign exclusivity agreements, thereby preventing foreign-exchange bureaux, post offices, and micro-finance institutions from carrying out money transfers.
Last summer, Hadjiev’s brother and sister were arrested after they collaborated on a documentary about Turkmenistan, and were tried on trumped-up
charges
of weapons possession.
After the Varna City Court refused to allow the extradition, ruling that the
charges
were politically motivated, the Bulgarian authorities threatened to deport him.
But the run-up to the plebiscite has been fraught, with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on
charges
of genocide in Darfur, seeking to delay, disrupt, and overshadow it.
Nigerian officials are anxious to swat away
charges
that Shell padded its figures for reserves in Nigeria to take advantage of lax oversight and regulatory mechanisms and reap millions of dollars in bonus payments.
Yes, they have seen oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky imprisoned on questionable charges, and inconvenient journalists beaten or killed.
But,
charges
of corruption aside, this outcome indicates that gas is not such an easy source of hard economic power as it would first appear.
The benefits of doing so rarely outweigh the costs: lost campaign contributions, accusations of anti-Semitism,
charges
of betraying a close ally (“the only democracy in the Middle East"), and so on.
Bo faces three charges: corruption, bribery, and abuse of power.
Like Bo, both men had been members of the CCP Central Committee, the Party’s inner circle – a status that allowed them to escape a death sentence (unlike the lower-ranking former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun following his conviction on similar
charges
of corruption and abuse of power).
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has already scrapped
charges
of illicit sexual relations involving several women, signaling that such crimes are to remain hidden when Central Committee members commit them.
By limiting the charges, the CCP has limited the possible punishments.
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