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...Downing Street has been accused of blocking the former parole board chair, who resigned over thwarted plans to release a serial sex offender, from becoming the parliamentary ombudsman....
...As prime minister Thaksin, a police officer-turned-telecoms magnate, was popular among the working class though reviled by the military and Thailand’s elite....
...Another prison in Kent told a lawyer that there was no appointment available for a month, which meant a deadline for submitting representations about parole would be missed....
...A rail freight bridge in the city — along with another in El Paso — was closed in mid December to free up border patrol officers for redeployment elsewhere....
...The jury was shown a photo of Zhang taken by Irish officials. It showed a woman with a round face, double chin, small glasses and short black hair....
...“A combination of a higher dollar, a weaker Chin[ese economy] and higher oil prices [has] become a dangerous cocktail for most of the ASEAN economies,” Charu Chanana, market strategist at Saxo Markets in...
...Serial rapist David Carrick was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison on Tuesday for using his position as a Metropolitan Police officer in the rape and sexual abuse of 12 women over the course of...
...“The lion’s share is going into living,” says Nancy Curtin, chief investment officer of AlTi Tiedemann Global....
...We spent vast swaths of time clearing a hill of rotten garbage and passed countless hours practising bayonet drills that were put on as martial arts performances to impress visiting senior officers....
...An encounter with an unexpectedly warm female parole officer provides her first taste of human kindness on the outside: “she heard the call of understanding and respect like a party across a meadow, but...
...Everyone loves a dramatic blow-up in markets — a big moment that we can all point to and say “Look! This thing was silly!” and regulators can stroke their chins and say lessons must be learnt....
...Credit Suisse’s board had already removed several senior executives, including chief risk and compliance officer, Lara Warner, and investment bank head, Brian Chin....
...Officers subsequently removed 16 knives, a dagger and a sword from Crimo, but Covelli said “there was no probable cause to arrest” him at the time....
...In a short court appearance hours after the shooting, Gendron entered a plea of not guilty to multiple charges of first-degree murder, which carries a life sentence without parole....
...The charge of first-degree murder carries a life sentence without parole. But the FBI said it was also investigating the case as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism....
...Any time I lifted my face from my plate someone smiled at me and when I slopped a bit of polenta down my chin I was given a creamy linen napkin to wipe myself with....
...CPG lifted prices between 5 and 6 per cent in December, Watson said, but would take increasing costs “on the chin”....
...Enoch Wu, a former special forces officer who has trained more than 8,000 people on defence issues and disaster response, has also noted a jump in public interest....
...some officers....
...Adams, a former police captain who took office in January, has responded by dispatching more officers to patrol the system and beefing up training....
...Ninety-nine per cent of officers join for the right reasons and want to make a difference.”...
...Chief risk officer Lara Warner exited in April, as did head of investment banking Brian Chin....
...But China’s choice of Colonel Qi, a People’s Liberation Army officer who was wounded commanding a regiment in a deadly border clash with India two years ago, ripped a gash in the atmosphere of peace and...
...She opened the door a crack, leaving the safety chain in place, and saw a troop of police outside. The housekeeper rushed to wake Mo, but the officers smashed through into the living room....
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