French police have been given a further 24 hours in which to question traders Jerome Kerviel, at the centre of a suspected massive share-dealing fraud. Kerviel presented himself to police voluntarily on Saturday. No charge have yet been brought against him. He is accused by his former employer, bank giant Societe Generale, of fraudulent trading […]
Biyar Local Support Organization held open Forum
Open forum held at Booni (Open katchery). People open offices of complaints. CHITRAL: An Open forum was held here at Booni some 75 KM from here which was organized by Biyar Local Support Organization (BLSO). District Nazim Chitral, District Coordination Officer (DCO), heads of all line departments as well as representatives of non government organizations […]
Pope Benedict XVI says trial of Galileo was just and fair.
In an unnamed source Pope Benedict XVI has declared his approval of the persecution of Galileo. The Roman Catholic leader has approved that the trial of Galileo and the imminent ultimate penalty, burning at the stake, was and continues to be a just form of penalty for any man, woman or child that […]
Witnesses to post-assassination riots say PPP is innocent
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and accounts of eye-witnesses claim that the PPP’s workers were not involved in the citywide plunder that took place after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Irshad Hussain, a businessman and eye witness to the lootings told Daily Times, “I have no idea who these people were, but they did not […]
SFDA monitoring recalled vaccine
Beijing—A potentially contaminated batch of a US-made vaccine for children has not caused any adverse effects in China, but public health officials will continue to monitor the situation, Yan Jiangying, spokeswoman of the State Food and Drug Administration, said. She was responding to the worldwide recall of 1.2 million doses of the vaccine Hib produced […]
The Pride and Passion of a Manhunter
She is compact, with a shock of white hair and darting eyes that give more than a hint of the passions within the wrapping of the practice of law and its dry lexicon. Carla Del Ponte, the world’s most powerful criminal lawyer, has been chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia […]