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...states has its own local intelligence-gathering and enforcement organizations. The agencies are further divided by the extent of their remits - the BKA, for example, can't initiate investigations but can continue those started by others; the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BVfS) can conduct surveillance but isn't allowed to arrest anybody. And officers of the two agencies are only allowed to communicate via their bosses, who meet for weekly "information boards" to exchange notes. "It's a mess," says Wilfried Albishausen, a criminal investigator in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia. As officers...
...each other's criticisms. One of the main strands of debate concerns the nature of the Shari'a - Islam's prescriptions for human behaviour. Babès sees Shari'a as a spiritual code of ethics appealing to each believer's individual conscience, not a strict code of conduct to be enforced by an outside authority. Oubrou argues for a more traditional interpretation, in which the expert analysis of religious texts determines the way all believers should act. For Oubrou, free interpretation of the Koran could lead to nothing less than the disappearance of recognizably Islamic values. Another crucial exchange...
...judge freed Gilberto Rodri-guez Orejuela for good behavior, after the former boss of the notorious Cali cocaine cartel had served just seven years of his 17-year sentence for smuggling drugs to the United States. The Colombian government ordered an investigation into Judge Luz Amanda Moncada's conduct because ministers suspected corruption. MEANWHILE Dragon their feet Work on a New Zealand highway was stopped because of Karutahi, a legendary one-eyed dragon said to live in a swamp on the route. Sonny Wara of the Ngati Naho tribe said the dragon was "a feared thing in Maoridom" and sought...
...Countdown to War? If Iraq rejects the latest Security Council resolution or tries to block the inspectors from the get-go, the U.S. will likely move to launch an attack as soon as it has the requisite forces in position. But assuming the inspectors are allowed to return and conduct their work unhindered, the Security Council is unlikely to hear from Blix before his 60-day report-back in early January. If Iraq's conduct to that point fails to meet UN requirements, the U.S. will likely push for action. Strategic analysts tend to agree that the window for launching...
...Harvard College Democrats also conduct a registration drive before election time, and according to President Sonia H. Kastner ’03, the group already follows the hand-delivery procedure when they register students to vote in Cambridge...