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...intentionally published false information against the Zimbabwean government; in Harare. Meldrum reported a story that claimed a woman had been beheaded by supporters of the Zanu PF, Zimbabwe's ruling party. The police say the killing never took place. Meldrum is being prosecuted under stringent media laws designed to curb government criticism. ARRESTED. SAMUEL WAKSAL, 54, former CEO of ImClone Systems, the biotech company behind the experimental cancer drug Erbitux, on charges of illegal insider trading; in New York City. Waksal is accused of trying to unload his shares and telling two shareholders to sell their stock the day before...
...acerbic, he snaps at his wife and puts down his friends. But he seems more desperate than angry. His moral compass has gone haywire. He shoplifts a can of tuna because "food always tastes better when it's free," but helps an old man who has fallen to the curb. On Tuesday night, after boozing it up with his "pals" he snatches a wad of cash from the hands of an unsavvy pedestrian. Where the book could now turn heavy with plot or philosophy, "Crime and Punishment"-style, instead Paul casually continues his life, flirting with women and planning...
...effort to curb grade inflation gained sweeping momentum this past November, a month after a feature in the Boston Globe called Harvard’s grading practices “the laughing stock of the Ivy League...
...should hardly come as a shock. France has been plagued by rapidly-growing crime that neither of the main political parties has been able to stop. Instead, they blame each other for the mess. Meanwhile, Le Pen’s strong pledge to reduce immigration, and thereby curb crime, has significant public support. Many people who have felt alienated by mainstream French politics have been enervated by the former-parachutist’s campaign, pledging their votes to a man who promises to restore law and order to France’s troubled cities. As Filip Dewinter, the Belgian right...
...some Europeans feel that all the laws in the world won't do much to curb Germany's real gun issue: the huge shipments of military-grade firearms, including AK-47s, a terrorist favorite, that make their way into the country each week, often smuggled in from former war zones in Balkan states. Last year, members of the German military were brought to trial and later convicted on smuggling charges, stemming from more than 10,000 counts of illegally handling explosives and 7,000 gun law violations. "Germany has strict laws, but it doesn't really matter," says Peters. "They...