03 Jul
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
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Report identifies Syria’s ‘torture centres’
Human Rights Watch details widespread policy of torture carried out by several intelligence agencies.
Last Modified: 03 Jul 2012 15:42 GMT
Dozens killed in Iraq car bomb attack
Blast in a busy market in the southern city of Diwaniya kills at least 40 people and wounds 75 others, says official.
Last Modified: 03 Jul 2012 12:10 GMT
Middle East
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline ‘guilty of fraud’
British drugmaker pleads guilty and agrees to pay $3bn fine in largest case of healthcare fraud in US history.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the British drugmaker, has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges, and pay $3bn to settle what government officials described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in US history.
Last Modified: 03 Jul 2012 04:30 GMT
Vocalising sexual harassment in Egypt
Women who suffer sexual abuse often suffer in silence, but following the revolution attitudes are starting to change.
Oliver Wright: Chief executive Bob Diamond’s resignation was swiftly followed by that of Barclays’ chief operating officer Jerry del Missier, as it also emerged that Diamond could be entitled to a pay-off of up to £30m.
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Oliver Wright: So, now that Bob Diamond has resigned, what next for Barclays?
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Memo documents Bob Diamond’s phone call to Paul Tucker
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FSA boss Lord Turner criticises Libor traders
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Mixed reaction to Bob Diamond departure
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5The school at the centre of Cruise split
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6Exclusive: Top Tories dragged into banking scandal
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