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...defense. But the British firm may soon face its toughest fight yet. Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said Thursday it plans to prosecute BAE over allegations - consistently denied by the company - that the company paid millions of dollars in bribes to land lucrative business from countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. The agency will soon ask Britain's Attorney General for permission to start legal proceedings, it said in a short statement. BAE, for its part, would "deal with any issues raised in those proceedings at the appropriate time," the company said in response to the SFO's announcement...
...year-old corruption probe - the most serious yet concerning a major British firm - focuses on deals secured by BAE to supply aircraft to South Africa and the Czech Republic, frigates to Romania and radar equipment to Tanzania. In negotiating with the company, the SFO has hoped to extract a plea bargain - it's thought that BAE has been mulling a settlement, though it's unclear what, if anything, the firm would consider admitting to. But given the company's statement, it also appears BAE is ready to defend itself in court. (Read: "Court Blasts Blair Government...
Secondly, the increased competitiveness and viability of Major League Soccer have placed a greater emphasis on American professional clubs to scout the best possible talent. Recently, that has meant signing foreign youth players from overlooked areas like Africa and developing sophisticated youth development academies...
...crackdown in the West African country was immediately condemned by the African Union, the European Union and human-rights organizations around the world. "The killing of dozens of unarmed protesters is shocking even by the abusive standards of Guinea's coup government," says Corinne Dufka, a senior West Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Guinea's leaders should order an immediate end to attacks on demonstrators and bring to justice those responsible for the bloodshed." (Read "More Trouble in West Africa's Narco State...
...raid by U.S. special forces has taken out a man believed to be one of al-Qaeda's top operatives in East Africa. Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a 28-year-old Kenyan, was killed along with several others when helicopter gunships fired on his convoy in southern Somalia. A member of the nation's al-Shabaab insurgency, Nabhan was linked to the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and was wanted for a 2002 attack on a seaside hotel in Kenya and a failed plot to blow up an Israeli airliner. Somali militants have vowed retaliation...