January 2012
A Struggling Bronx Synagogue Finds Free Housing—in... →
Near the corner of Westchester Avenue and Pugsley Street in Parkchester, just off the elevated tracks of the No. 6 train, Yaakov Wayne Baumann stood outside a graffiti-covered storefront on a chilly Saturday morning. Suited up in a black overcoat with a matching wide-brimmed black fedora, the thickly bearded 42-year-old chatted with elderly congregants as they entered the building for ...
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“After two decades of New York’s forced engagement with radical Islamists, two...”
– Jim Dwyer | When the Police Say One Thing, the Facts Another | New York Times (via capitalnewyork)
“In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most...”
– Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com
Military-Owned Businesses Pose Unique Corruption... →
Businesses owned by militaries around the world pose unique corruption risks to the sectors in which they operate, a new report found.
The report, released Thursday by Transparency International’s U.K. Defence and Security Programme, looks at how military-owned businesses are structured, what the inherent corruption risks are for these firms, and why and how the countries have made...
CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe →
A CIA operative’s unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned.
In its investigation, the CIA’s inspector general faulted the agency for sending an officer to New York with little oversight...
Sasol to Avoid Iran’s Oil - Corruption Currents -... →
South Africa’s Sasol Ltd. said it is trying to diversify away from Iranian oil as sanctions from the U.S. and Europe increase pressure on those doing business with Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reported.
asol, which is the world’s largest producer of motor fuels from coal, depends on Iranian oil imports for 20% of its crude, which calculates to 12,000 barrels a day, at its Natref...
“The power held by singers as political agents and voices for movements is...”
– I have piece up at Guernica Magazine called “Troubadours of the Revolution,” out conveniently in time for marking the January 25 anniversary of the start of the Egyptian uprising. In it I discuss the important role that protest musicians like Ramy Essam, Ibrahim Qashoush and El Haked (among many,...
Press Freedom Index 2011-2012 - Reporters Without... →
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The U.S. came in 47th on Reporters Without Borders’ 2011-12 Press Freedom Index, a drop of 27 spots from last year. According to RWB, the U.S. owed its drop “to the many arrests of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.”
“Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne told The New York Times on Monday that the...”
– Police Commissioner Kelly Helped With Anti-Islam Film and Regrets It - NYTimes.com
Israeli Finance Minister Calls For ‘Complete... →
Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said he approved of the sanctions imposed on Iran Monday by the European Union and urged a “complete economic and political blockade” of the country.
Calling the oil embargo and central bank measures against Iran taken Monday by the EU “very significant,” Steinitz said during a Tuesday sit-down meeting with reporters at Dow Jones’ offices in New York...
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US Sanctions Iran State-Owned Bank Tejarat -... →
The U.S. Treasury Department said Monday it sanctioned Iran’s third-largest bank, Bank Tejarat, for providing services to Iranian banks already subject to sanctions for their involvement in proliferation activity.
Bank Tejarat, along with its subsidiary Trade Capital Bank, were sanctioned for providing financial services to Bank Mellat, the Export Development Bank of Iran, the state shipping...
EU Imposes Iran Oil Embargo, Central Bank Freeze -... →
European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to impose an oil-import embargo on Iran and an asset freeze on the country’s central bank, escalating the confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear program.
The embargo bans the importation of petroleum and crude oil products from Iran, as well as insurance on such products. It goes into effect as of July 1 (sub req) on existing contracts, and a...
“Many Americans know about the highly publicized lockouts in professional sports...”
– Lockouts, Once Rare, Put Workers on the Defensive - NYTimes.com
“Obama promised to transcend forty years of demographic and ideological trends...”
– Barack Obama, Post-Partisan, Meets Washington Gridlock : The New Yorker
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“Extolling the virtues of transparency, Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis...”
– Hard Truths About Disclosure - NYTimes.com
NBC NEWS CALLS S.C. FOR NEWT GINGRICH →
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CNN not declaring yet, though. ABC News is, though.
EDIT: Now Fox News is declaring for Newt. CBS hasn’t declared yet, though.
The latest.
“Apple has become one of the best-known, most admired and most imitated companies...”
– Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
Watching a Friend Smoking PCP Catch Fire and Die -... →
The last hour of Hilda Santiago’s life began in a pew at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Paul in East Harlem. An odd place to find someone on her way to buy drugs, but there she was last Sunday, between Masses, with her friend and partner in crime, Krystle Ortiz. They made this trip often from their apartments in the Bronx: the No. 4 train downtown to the No. 6 train, then to church, then...
“For nearly three decades, the thrill of victory for football coaches everywhere...”
– A Splashy Football Tradition, Gatorade Style - NYTimes.com
“[T]he Talmud, the basis for Jewish law, offers a perhaps surprising answer: It...”
– Ultra-Orthodox Jews and the Modesty Fight - NYTimes.com
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Local News Covers Corruption Trial With Puppets →
Indonesia Ratings Boost Comes Despite Continued... →
Indonesia is basking in the glory of being raised to investment grade, a likely enticement to investors, yet the country still struggles with corruption issues, both perceived and real.
Indeed, in its ratings note announcing the upgrade, Moody’s Investors Service said “relatively weak governance” is among the topline challenges the country faces. The Moody’s rating moved Indonesia to ...
Health-Care Consultant Pleads Guilty To Bribing... →
The final defendant in a wide-ranging corruption indictment that hooked two Brooklyn politicians pleaded guilty Wednesday.
Solomon Kalish, a health-care consultant, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit honest-services fraud after withdrawing a not-guilty plea. He admitted to knowingly breaking the law when taking nearly $200,000 from hospital executives and turning it over to...
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