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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Karzai takes control of election complaints

Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett in Washington Afghan president Hamid Karzai has strengthened his control on the country’s political infrastructure by wresting control of a key component of the electoral system from the United Nations. Karzai issued a decree last week giving himself the power to appoint all five members of the Electoral Complaints […]

Dubai seeks Mossad chief’s arrest in assassination case

Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett in Washington The fallout over the murder of a senior Hamas commander in Dubai continued last week as the city’s police chief said the head of Mossad – Israel’s intelligence service – should be arrested. CCTV footage released by the Dubai authorities revealed that 11 people travelling on forged […]