Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operations, a Senate investigation has found. The extensive report on London-based HSBC Holdings PLC by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations also says U.S. regulators knew the bank had a poor system to detect problems but […]
Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operations, a Senate investigation has found. The extensive report on London-based HSBC Holdings PLC by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations also says U.S. regulators knew the bank had a poor system to detect problems but […]
(CHICAGO) – In January 2012, Netanyahu appointed a three-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy. Included were former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker and former Tel Aviv District Court president Tchia Shapira. They examined three issues: (1) Legal aspects of Israel’s occupation. (2) The 2005 Sasson Report’s conclusion that dozens of […]
(CHICAGO) – In January 2012, Netanyahu appointed a three-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy. Included were former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker and former Tel Aviv District Court president Tchia Shapira. They examined three issues: (1) Legal aspects of Israel’s occupation. (2) The 2005 Sasson Report’s conclusion that dozens of […]
(MintPress) – Two men were reported killed on Monday after protests erupted in the oil-rich Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia following the arrest of prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The deaths of the two men follow some of the biggest protests in the region since November and December last year – a reminder the […]
(MintPress) – Two men were reported killed on Monday after protests erupted in the oil-rich Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia following the arrest of prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The deaths of the two men follow some of the biggest protests in the region since November and December last year – a reminder the […]
Two interpretations by the participants themselves, of what significant international meetings achieved, the first on 6/25/12 and the second five days later, remind us about subjectivity in the eyes of the beholders. Post-event statements, whether following last weekend’s Geneva meeting on Syria which produced markedly different interpretations of the final communiqué language by the Russian […]
Two interpretations by the participants themselves, of what significant international meetings achieved, the first on 6/25/12 and the second five days later, remind us about subjectivity in the eyes of the beholders. Post-event statements, whether following last weekend’s Geneva meeting on Syria which produced markedly different interpretations of the final communiqué language by the Russian […]
(CHICAGO) – At a Tokyo Afghan donor’s conference, Clinton barely stopped short of declaring war. Time is running out to save Syria, she told reporters. Kofi Annan’s admission about peace failing is a “wake-up call for everyone.” “The sand is running out of the hourglass.” “It should be abundantly clear to those who support the […]
(CHICAGO) – At a Tokyo Afghan donor’s conference, Clinton barely stopped short of declaring war. Time is running out to save Syria, she told reporters. Kofi Annan’s admission about peace failing is a “wake-up call for everyone.” “The sand is running out of the hourglass.” “It should be abundantly clear to those who support the […]
While the United States, Israel and their European allies are pulling out all the stops to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, the upcoming meeting of the heads of state of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran seems to be throwing a spanner in their works. The Non-Aligned Movement, the rotating presidency of which will be […]
While the United States, Israel and their European allies are pulling out all the stops to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, the upcoming meeting of the heads of state of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran seems to be throwing a spanner in their works. The Non-Aligned Movement, the rotating presidency of which will be […]
(MintPress) – A set of partially declassified FBI documents show that current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smuggled nuclear triggers out of the U.S. The seven pages detailed a number of front companies associated with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. While it is well known that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, little is known about the number and […]
(MintPress) – A set of partially declassified FBI documents show that current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smuggled nuclear triggers out of the U.S. The seven pages detailed a number of front companies associated with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. While it is well known that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, little is known about the number and […]
