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...country defaulted on its $147 billion foreign debt. But he was President from 1989 to 1999 - a decade of economic growth but also of government profligacy and breakneck privatization that displaced tens of thousands of workers and produced corruption scandals. One of them got Menem placed under house arrest in 2001 for his alleged involvement in an illegal $100 million arms sale. (The charges against him were later dropped.) As a result, surveys show that most Argentines blame Menem for their deep economic depression, which has left 58% of Argentines in poverty and 24% of them unemployed. Yet those same...
...speech marking the nation's 23rd year of independence. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said that with the world's attention fixed on Iraq and SARS, Mugabe had clamped down on protest using violent repression. Reports of rape, torture and arson continued to surface following the arrest and detention of hundreds of MDC supporters over the past few weeks. More Time for Anwar MALAYSIA An appeals court upheld the sodomy conviction of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, sending him back to the jail where he had just served four years on a corruption charge. The decision, which...
Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Lynch argued that Pring-Wilson poses too much of a flight risk to be released from jail. The defense had requested that Pring-Wilson be released on $100,000 cash bail and placed under house arrest...
Colono’s adult criminal record began with a Cambridge arrest in July 2001 for trespassing...
Rodriguez, 21—who according to family was Colono’s cousin—spent six months in jail in 2001 for possession of a firearm without a license and resisting arrest. Rodriguez also admitted to possession of marijuana in 1999 and two incidents of assault and battery—including one with a dangerous weapon...