Swiss Prosecutors Search Offices of HSBC Unit
The Geneva prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that it had opened a criminal inquiry into possible aggravated money laundering against HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), but it did…
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Brian Williams Faces ‘Fact-Checking’ Inquiry at NBC
A compilation of Brian Williams’s television appearances shows how his accounts of a 2003 episode on military helicopters in Iraq gradually became more perilous. Scrambling to contain a crisis engulfing…
UK opens inquiry into Russian spy Litvinenko’s death
In a deathbed statement, Litvinenko blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering his poisoning by tea at a London hotel. The Kremlin has always strongly denied the accusation. Sir Robert…
British Judge Set to Open Inquiry Into Death of Ex-K.G.B. Officer
LONDON — A senior British judge was set to open a frequently delayed public inquiry on Tuesday into the death of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former K.G.B. officer, whistle-blower and…
Turkish Court Orders Facebook To Block Pages Insulting Mohammad: Reports
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court has ordered Facebook to block a number of pages deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, threatening to stop access to the whole social networking…
British Inquiry to Begin in Poisoning of Key Putin Critic
LONDON — It has consumed more than eight years of maneuvering, obstruction and a widow’s dogged legal campaign, fought often on a shoestring. But finally, on Tuesday, a public inquiry…