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...Shareholder advocates suggest that the Siemens board may have another motive, too: to build goodwill with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC is conducting its own investigation into the bribery affair and could slap hefty fines on the company unless Siemens demonstrates that it is taking convincing action to clean up the mess on its own. "The SEC plays a role in this decision in the sense that Siemens wants to show that it is pursuing everyone involved regardless of their past position or reputation," says Daniela Bergdolt of the German Association for the Protection of Securities Ownership...
...some observers, these inconsistencies suggest an even murkier authorship for Sunday's bombing. Earlier this year, after a yearlong investigation, state prosecutors arrested a total of 86 people - including military officers, journalists and prominent businessmen - for alleged membership in the so-called Ergenekon network, a secret ultra-nationalist militia...
...employing a range of dirty tricks - from assassinating high-profile figures to bombing public places - at critical moments to create unrest, weaken governments and replant the seeds of military rule in Turkey. Over the past few days, newspapers have run excerpts from the 2,455-page indictment that suggest a sinister coterie whose alleged conspiratorial deeds wouldn't be out of place in a Dan Brown novel like The Da Vinci Code...
...less about whether Hun Sen would win - a CPP victory was always a given - but about how big that win would be, what gains opposition leader Sam Rainsy might make at the ballot box, and what this would mean for the balance of power in Cambodia. And the results suggest suggest that balance has tipped in the CPP's favor more than than ever before. Though he did not vote for the CPP, Dara, a small business owner in Phnom Penh, said the ruling party's win was a result that even he could live with for now. The electorate...
...move rather than aggressively shaping the debate with his own message. The fight to control the agenda is usually an ongoing tug-of-war between the two candidates. In this case, Obama dominated the story line, dragging the GOP along in his wake. Independent data and worried GOP pollsters suggest that McCain, as of now, can hope for few blue-state victories this fall. A slew of red states are currently in play for Obama, giving him several ways to hit 270 electoral votes. If the numbers hold, McCain may need to draw an inside straight to take the presidency...