Charles Stimson : "Experience. Judgment. Temperament. Legal philosophy. Those are the requirements, at a minimum, for a qualified candidate for Attorney General of the United States. Judge Mukasey has demonstrated those qualities, and more, over the last 35 years of his distinguished career. One has every reason to believe that, as an Executive appointee, Judge [...]

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday agreed to a $30 million settlement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges against Chevron in connection with the oil company's alleged involvement in a scheme to exchange illegal payments to Iraqi officials under the now-defunct UN Oil-for-Food program . The settlement requires Chevron to disgorge $25 [...]

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The Pakistani government will provide pension and other benefits to Supreme Court and High Court judges dismissed from their positions in the wake of the November 3 declaration of emergency rule, independent station Geo-TV reported on its website Wednesday. Officials have decided that the judges who refused to take an oath under the new Provisional [...]

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The government of Iran has charged a former key nuclear negotiator with espionage, the state news agency IRNA reported Wednesday. Hossein Mousavian was arrested in May on suspicions that he passed classified information to the British embassy and other foreigners. Mousavian is closely allied with former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , a political opponent [...]

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US State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard Wednesday testified before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and denied allegations that he politicized the Inspector General's Office by obstructing inquiries that could harm the Bush administration. The allegations brought against Krongard include claims that he blocked investigations of fraud and mismanaged spending in Iraq [...]

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The Georgian Republic will end its national state of emergency this Friday, Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burdzhanadze said Wednesday. Burdzhanadze made the announcement on behalf of the government in a televised statement after the US called on Georgia to end emergency rule. After several days of protests, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli announced a [...]

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The US House of Representatives passed legislation by voice vote Tuesday that would ban federal prosecutors from threatening to prosecute corporations for refusing to turn over information protected by attorney-client privilege . The Attorney-Client Privilege Act of 2007 would bar prosecutors from demanding that a corporation waive its attorney-client privilege and from considering a corporation's [...]

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