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...Islamic radical and a terror suspect—American intelligence believes that Hasan may have information as to his whereabouts and possible terror plans. Rather than question him directly, American intelligence has Hasan abducted and shipped to his native Pakistan for interrogation: the rationale is that in Pakistan the Geneva Convention’s prohibitions on torture are inapplicable, and Hasan can be subjected to coercive violence if need be. Hasan is tortured, repeatedly. He finds his only solace in friendship to Khalid (Charles Daniel Sandoval), a fellow detainee, who offers him food, water, and, most significantly, membership...
...Annan's links with Cotecna, the company at the center of the influence-peddling inquiry. In late 1998, U.N. sources say, Kojo, son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, got a $3,000 loan from a friend for a down payment on a sporty green Mercedes ML 320 in Geneva, Switzerland. The friend was Michael Wilson, then a vice president of Cotecna, the firm that not only employed Kojo but also won millions of dollars in U.N. contracts, including one, signed within two months after the down payment was made, to monitor the oil-for-food program in Iraq. About...
...DIED. FRANCOIS DALLE, 87, longtime CEO of L'Or?al, instrumental in transforming it from a 25-employee company into a global cosmetics giant; in Geneva. In the 1950s, before taking the company's helm, he expanded marketing into the U.S. and Japan, in part by taking the then-radical step of selling products in retail stores, rather than just hair salons. Later he signed licensing deals with designers like Guy Laroche and oversaw the acquisition of such prestige brands as Lanc?me, Garnier and Biotherm...
DIED. FRANÇOIS DALLE, 87, longtime CEO of L'Oréal, instrumental in transforming it from a 25-employee company into a global cosmetics giant; in Geneva. In the 1950s, before taking the company's helm, he expanded marketing into the U.S. and Japan, in part by taking the then radical step of selling products in retail stores rather than only hair salons. Later he signed licensing deals with designers like Guy Laroche and oversaw the acquisition of such prestige brands as Lancôme, Garnier and Biotherm...
Ruggie will create policy recommendations to be submitted to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in 2007. To prepare for the report, he will organize a series of meetings with representatives from the respective stakeholders, the first of which will occur in Geneva next week...