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...Married Estate The sentencing of exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, for money laundering [MILESTONES, Aug. 18-25] was the latest turn of events for the controversial couple, who have long faced accusations of financial misconduct. TIME reported the couple's unlikely engagement when it was announced 16 years ago [WORLD...
...have had 11 years of a floating currency, which has been the best period in this country for the past 30 years," Andersson says. "To have an independent central bank combined with a free market setting long-term interest rates has been a kind of a watchdog against misconduct of policies in Sweden." Some individuals seem to be split against themselves. Jörgen Appelgren, chief economist at Nordea Bank, recites the main arguments in favor: increased growth and trade and lower interest rates. But he admits that he is personally against the euro. He argues that in case...
After his arrest, Okhotin has said, he encountered a pervasive pattern of corruption and misconduct by the Russian authorities—both the customs agents who first took him into custody and the investigators examining his case—including repeated solicitations for bribes...
Okhotin said Tuesday that in the case of such a show trial, he would not cooperate with what he termed “a game taking place outside of whatever I do,” despite his adamant opposition to the alleged misconduct of Russian customs officials...
...that nine soldiers stripped for a porn website and two others face criminal charges for posing as police and shaking down prostitutes. President Václav Klaus ordered the offenders punished, but critics say that's not enough. The Castle Guard has a long history of controversy and criminal misconduct. In 2000, police charged 10 soldiers with hazing new conscripts and in February, the unit's former psychologist received a one-year suspended sentence for raping a conscript. Klaus' office said it will push ahead with plans to professionalize the unit, which is still largely made up of conscripts. Petr...