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...hearts and minds. Allegations of human-rights abuses, including the deaths of more than 2,000 people during three months of the 2003 war on drugs, made many wonder whether the former police lieutenant-colonel had taken the law into his own hands. The tax-free windfall from the sale of Shin Corp., which sparked the mass public protests in Bangkok against Thaksin, hardly burnished his cultivated image as a simple man of the people. And his tenure was plagued by accusations of graft. The CNS is currently investigating 52 cases of possible corruption or abuse of power during...
...underdeveloped capital markets. Last week, China Central Television, the government TV network, broadcast a show warning citizens not to use their homes as collateral for loans to buy stock. Authorities are doing more than jawbone-bank lending for stock purchases was barred last month. Regulators also temporarily halted the sale of new mutual funds...
...plagued with questions. When it was signed in 1986, the deal with Saudi Arabia - known as the Al-Yamamah contract - was thought to provide a guaranteed stream of revenue for the British aerospace giant and safeguard thousands of jobs in the U.K. An extension of the deal, involving the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon jets, was agreed just last year. For Blair , Britain 's ties with the Saudis are paramount. "My advice was that this investigation would do enormous damage to our relations with Saudi Arabia," Blair told Parliament on Jan. 17, citing the Saudi role in combating terrorism. Blair also...
...capital markets. China Central Television, the government TV network, last week aired a show warning citizens not to put up their homes as collateral for loans to buy stock. Authorities are doing more than jawbone. Bank lending for stock purchases was banned last month, and regulators temporarily halted the sale of new mutual funds...
...anyone been charged? No. Although police are still looking into the sale of honors, they have recently focused on alleged attempts by party employees to obstruct the investigation. Fund raiser Levy - who was arrested in July over suspicion of selling peerages - was arrested this time on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. He was released on bail later that day. Just 11 days earlier, Blair's director of government relations was arrested and also questioned. Both have denied any wrongdoing...