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...Erignac. The trial laid bare many gaps - and some false evidence - in the case police aided prosecutors to build. For example, transcripts of testimony dated Aug. 20, 1998, supposedly incriminating the men, included references to events that transpired months later. Prosecutors are appealing that ruling, but it still raises serious doubts about the pending trial of accused Erignac assassin Yvan Colonna. Their case against Colonna was built around accusations co-defendants made to police, but have since recanted. The embarrassing reversal followed allegations that security forces tortured suspected gia members during investigations into the 1995 bombings. A book, Place Beauvau...
...timeline of his investigation into a company, Anglo Leasing and Finance, that in 2003 was awarded a contract worth tens of millions to produce tamper-proof passports for Kenya's immigration department. But it didn't produce passports or, in fact, exist beyond a British address that Britain's Serious Fraud Office says it is now investigating; the company was, Githongo says, nothing more than the fictitious creation of a few senior Kenyan government officials and their associates. The money, alleges Githongo, was actually intended to build an election "war chest" for the ruling coalition. Two Ministers named...
...applause died down, Gere held the pot and took a serious tone...
...Playboy" auditions in the ornate Horner Room of the Agassiz, Spillane-Hinks and her producers sit behind a long table, calm and serious. That’s not to say they’re all business—they aren’t afraid to laugh with actors, especially those they know...
...delays in disclosure, according to David Lochbaum, a nuclear expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists, "raises serious red flags. That's not the way it's supposed to work. The leaks should be stopped immediately and the public should be alerted. But the companies, and I'd say the federal government, have been so distracted with putting up new reactors and new opportunities. The Bush Administration wants an expanded role for nuclear power without first properly expanding the capacity for the nuclear regulators...