Word: scandalizer
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...back centuries, the priests of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher lock themselves into their ancient warren, shutting out the iniquitous world beyond their walls. Lately, though, they've concluded the biggest threat lies within - Patriarch Eirinaios I, who's at the center of a labyrinthine religious and legal scandal involving the alleged lease of Church properties in an Arab area of the Old City to Jewish investors. Eirinaios' opponents within the Greek Orthodox Church accuse him of shady financial dealings, while his Palestinian flock complains that the leases give Israel a politically charged foothold in an Arab neighborhood...
...There is no new lease on any of the Omar Ibn al-Khattab Square properties," says one Patriarchate official. Israeli property deals in Palestinian neighborhoods are often kept secret to avoid Arab protests and retribution against locals who sell to Jews. Nevertheless, Palestinian Orthodox Christians have seized on the scandal to push for greater representation in the Patriarchate's hierarchy. There are some 120,000 Greek Orthodox Palestinians, the largest Christian group in the Holy Land, but only one of the 18-member Holy Synod is an Arab. Local members want control of the Church so that one of their...
...said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong. And 100,000 people paid with their lives." GEORGE GALLOWAY, member of the British Parliament, to U.S. Republican Senator Norm Coleman during testimony before the Senate subcommittee investigating the U.N. oil-for-food scandal...
...some experts say Feldstein’s chances of getting the Fed have diminished in recent months. Feldstein currently sits on the board of directors of the American International Group, Inc., an insurance company that has come under scrutiny for a financial scandal. (See story, right...
...regardless of the scandal, he is still in the running for the Fed, says Thomas Schlesinger, executive director of the Financial Markets Center, a nonprofit research organization that monitors the Federal Reserve...