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...judiciary can hardly come much rougher. The High Court in London, in a damning rebuke of ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's administration, ruled Thursday that the government's own Serious Fraud Office (SFO) broke the law in 2006 when it scrapped a corruption probe into arms deals between BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defense firm, and Saudi Arabia...
...probe, begun in July 2004, focused on the alleged payment of bribes by BAE in connection with its $60 billion "Al-Yamamah" arms deal agreed with Saudi Arabia in the mid-'80s. According to the High Court judgment, BAE sought in late 2005 to persuade Lord Goldsmith, then Britain's Attorney General, to call a halt to the inquiry, claiming it would sour relations between the U.K. and Saudi Arabia, and endanger future lucrative arms deals...
...pretty good chance. Obviously I hadn’t competed in Putnam before, but it wasn’t a complete shock.” While teams of three students are chosen to represent their schools each year, other students can also participate individually. Liu, Miller, and Justin J. Bae ’08 were among the next ten highest ranking individuals, each winning a prize of $1,000. Abel, Iurie Boreico ’11, and Shrenik N. Shah ’08 placed among the next eight highest ranking individuals in the competition. Zhou...
...least one contractor agrees with the Air Force that the interim gun aboard the V-22 is wanting. BAE Systems has been investing in the development of a remotely aimed gun that could be slung from the V-22's belly and installed starting in about a year, BAE officials say. The gun, which could range in size from 7.62 mm (the size of the current gun) to .50-cal. (the size Jones wanted) would protrude from the V-22's belly, just forward of the swiveling gun. A V-22 crew member located in the passenger compartment would fire...
...execution earlier this week of one hostage, pastor Bae Hyung Kyu, 42, brought the expected outpouring of grief and condolences. But non-evangelical Koreans are still scratching their heads over why the Saemmul church group trotted off to such a volatile region, thumbing its nose at government warnings not to enter Afghanistan...