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...Nominated by President Bush as the second Secretary of Homeland Security in 2004. He withdrew his nomination a week later after revealing he had not paid taxes related to a nanny who was an illegal immigrant. Kerik's Nannygate, however, was followed by revelations of a flood of more scandalous missteps, including an affair with the publisher of his memoirs, Judith Regan, in an apartment near ground zero intended for weary 9/11 rescue workers. Regan later said she hired a bodyguard after the relationship ended and Kerik continued pursuing...
...bail was revoked and Kerik was sent to jail on Oct. 20 by an angry federal judge who accused him of leaking legal information to an outside attorney, who later provided that information to the Washington Times, seeking favorable coverage (the newspaper did not print the material). Kerik became Inmate No. 210717 at the Westchester County jail in Valhalla...
...those words, according to Palestinian sources, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told the Palestine Liberation Organziation (PLO) executive committee that he would not seek re-election in January. The 74-year-old leader, on whom U.S. peace efforts in the Middle East are heavily dependent, reiterated that message later on Thursday in a televised address from his home in Ramallah. "This decision does not at all amount to bargaining or political maneuvering. While I appreciate the views expressed by brothers [in the PLO, who rejected his move], I hope they will understand my wish." (See pictures of heartbreak...
...finds himself in at home when following Washington's advice. His popularity has been in steep decline over the past month, after he initially bowed to U.S. pressure to shelve U.N. discussion of the Goldstone report into alleged war crimes in Gaza at the behest of the Administration - he later reversed himself following a firestorm of criticism from within Fatah and the wider Palestinian public...
...Mediation by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ended the violence. Months later, in October 2008, a Kenyan commission investigated the attacks and gave Annan an envelope containing the names of several of the top suspects. Once it became clear earlier this year that Kenya would not go after the suspects itself, Annan turned the envelope over to Moreno-Ocampo. Tensions have simmered since then - partially because the government has never dealt with the suspects or helped the tribes to reconcile their differences...