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...furnishings for a castle in Chinon. As well as being a sensation in France, the case has aroused anticorruption experts elsewhere. This week, the court is set to hear testimony about controversial commissions paid to German politicians in connection with Elf's acquisition of the Leuna refinery in eastern Germany in 1992. In a surprising development, Pierre Lethier, a top Secret Service official who allegedly played a central role in the German transactions and who disappeared in 2000, refusing to be deposed by the prosecutors, showed up in court last week saying he was ready to talk. In some ways...
Besides working to identify what objects are missing, academics have proposed policy measures to combat their illegal circulation. These include a temporary moratorium on the trade of Near Eastern antiquities, tight controls at Iraq’s borders and airports, including the right to search and seizure, amnesty for those who return stolen objects and rapid reconstruction of Iraq’s museums and archeological facilities...
...places and of spirituality, he says, both of which have become prominent elements of his work. Focusing on issues such as intimacy, relationships, the importance of everyday tasks (such as meeting or eating) and self-awareness, many scholars have argued that Lee’s work shows influences from Eastern religion, although he is hesitant to accept this assertion...
...former Speaker's more immediate concern, obviously, is Iraq, on which he accuses the State Department of new treachery: "The people the State Department has sent to Iraq so far represent the worst instincts of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. They were promoted in a culture of propping up dictators, coddling the corrupt and ignoring the secret police. They have a constituency of Middle East governments deeply opposed to democracy in Iraq. Their instinct is to create a weak Iraqi government that will not threaten its Syrian, Iranian, Saudi and other dictatorial neighbors...
Ross said that he doesn’t see any immediate impacts of recent events in Iraq for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict besides the Israelis not having to face an Eastern front...