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...people was shaken to learn that Austrian police called in by the government had detained four men on suspicion of fraud, misuse of funds and money laundering. The four, who were subsequently released from jail uncharged, included Gabriel Marxer, a legislator in the 25-member parliament, and Rudolf Ritter, brother of Deputy Prime Minister Michael Ritter. Legislators agreed to lift Marxer's parliamentary immunity to allow him to be detained. In a separate action, police searched and carted away documents from two banks, the Hypo Investment Bank and the Liechtenstein Global Trust, which is controlled by Liechtenstein's ruler, Prince...
...been certified as compliant with its undertakings on weapons of mass destruction. Of course, there have been no U.N. inspectors in Iraq since they were withdrawn before the air strikes in late 1998. But without inspectors, Iraq's compliance can't be certified, even though former Marine captain Scott Ritter, who as a U.N. arms inspector was at the center of the 1997 showdown in Baghdad, insists that Iraq currently has no capacity to threaten anyone with weapons of mass destruction. In other words, sanctions have long since served their original purpose of blunting Saddam's ability to bully...
...recent Thursday morning, a troop of shorts-clad men were jogging around the track at Indiana University's campus in Indianapolis. Standing in uniform on the sidelines, police officer Jim Ritter barked some unusual words of encouragement at one of the stragglers. "Remember, $50,000 a year!" he shouted, clapping his hands. "That's the motivation. Keep it going...
...Ritter, 39, a recruiter for the Seattle police department, wasn't kidding. Faced with a diminishing pool of local applicants, he has spent the past year visiting a dozen cities in hopes of filling his agency's 70-plus annual openings. He is touting competitive salaries and diverse assignments--from narcotics to a mountain-bike patrol--to lure cops with itchy feet...
...expect me to read your story on the AOL-Time Warner merger without thinking about a conflict of interest? Give me a break! I'm expected to praise this great union, but all I can say is, "Hello, Big Brother!" DONALD J. RITTER St. Louis Park, Minn...