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Is Martha Stewart on the EU Speed Dial? |
2003-10-16 |
EFL from BBC Will that foundation for transparency in government that provides corruption ratings begin to rank the EU soon? The Belgian authorities have arrested two people - one of them an employee of the European Commission - in connection with alleged fraud in international grain dealing. The arrests follow an investigation into reports that large grain companies were warned of weekly changes in price subsidies before they were publicly announced. Reuters quoted the commission’s chief spokesman, Reijo Kemppinen, as saying that the commission official was suspected of taking bribes. Correspondents say the affair will come as an embarrassment to the commission, which has already been hit by a scandal at its statistical arm Eurostat in recent weeks. I include some comments that Ed Beccera made concerning Radical Islam overrunning Africa. They explain how proponents of strict Sharia law can be rationalized with bribery - in the courts of Kenya for instance. Ed’s comments cleared up some issues for me. You can get a loan from someone, and they’re forbidden to charge you interest. (ie, you borrow $100, you pay back only $100)Thank you Ed |
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