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...more adversarial American and British model. French lawyers and judges are furious with the proposals, which they say will politicize the French system. "The intent of Sarkozy's plan is clear: to put investigations back under political control by eliminating the magistrate and putting prosecutors in charge," says Patrick Baudouin, who represents victims' families in the monk case. "This case of the monks is the best example yet that once an independent judge is allowed to investigate, the ability of the rich, the powerful and the state to keep the truth covered up is reduced to almost nothing...
...then ordered him to keep what he had been told secret. "We're convinced the bodies were never recovered because they were riddled with bullets - something that would have discredited Algeria's official version and revealed the active complicity by French officials in covering the truth up," says lawyer Baudouin...
...Italian fans. Six Liberal Party ministers quit after Minister of the Interior Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a member of the Christian Social Party, refused to accept direct responsibility for the incident. Martens offered his government's resignation, but in a rare move by the country's constitutional monarch, King Baudouin refused to accept it. The King's reason: elections would have been in August, when most Belgians are away on vacation...
...example of Reinhard Mohn, who built Germany's Bertelsmann into a media powerhouse after World War II and in 1993 transferred the company's ownership to a foundation that now has about €735 million in assets. In Belgium Luc Tayart de Borms oversees the €227 million King Baudouin Foundation, which was set up by the former Belgian King, and serves as an umbrella organization for corporate and other donors. The number of private funds under its aegis has doubled in five years. Britain, which has a long history of philanthropy, is home to, among other big foundations...
...following the example of Reinhard Mohn, who built Germany's Bertelsmann into a media powerhouse after World War II and in 1993 transferred the company's ownership to a foundation that now has about $900 million in assets. In Belgium Luc Tayart de Borms oversees the $250 million King Baudouin Foundation, which was set up by the Belgian head of state, and serves as an umbrella organization for corporate and other donors. The number of private funds under its aegis has doubled in five years. Britain, which has a long history of philanthropy, is home to, among other big foundations...