Sentences with phrase «government arms deal»

The charges relate to a 30bn rand ($ 2.5 bn; # 1.7 bn) government arms deal in the late 1990s, before he became president.

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TOKYO / BERLIN, April 25 - In a fresh bid to win its first major foreign arms deal since World War Two, Japan is proposing its P - 1 submarine hunter for a French - German project to develop a marine surveillance aircraft, two Japanese government sources said.

The unknown head of the Advanced Research Sector 7 arm of the government makes himself known to the Secretary of Defense, informing him of the existence of Sector 7, and how it was formed in secrecy 80 years ago by then - President Hoover to deal with extraterrestrial threats or occurrences.

The organization found that the government officials have gained massive personal fortunes from arms deals, oil and gambling to fuel one of the world's deadliest conflicts that has been happening since 2013 andhas left tens of thousands dead and almost half the country with food insecurity.

On Sunday, the Colombian people rejected the recent peace deal that the Colombian government had reached with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after 52 years of civil war.

Last week, a commission he set up cleared all government officials of corruption over the 1999 arms deal.

«MPs should understand government concessions thus far haven't really dealt with the issue and charities are still up in arms around it,» the source said.

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has denied ever making statement implicating anyone or group in the allegation of $ 2billion arms purchase deal leveled against him by the federal government.

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has denied ever making statement implicating anyone or group in the allegation of $ 2billion arms purchase deal brought against him by the federal government.

Fort Drum is among the many arms of the federal government dealing with furloughs as a result of the government shutdown.

Lord Tebbit has written a piece for the the Mail today rebuffing the judges who criticised the Government for dropping the SFO investigation into dodgy arms dealing:

The British government's record on arms deals is «disgraceful», the Liberal Democrat development spokesman has said.

Calls for the position to become fully independent resurfaced last year when the government cancelled an investigation into corruption in an arms deal between BAE Systems and the Saudi government.

The prime minister has committed «seven mortal sins» that have degraded politics, Sir Alistair continued, including; the cash for honours scandal, his alleged disregard for cabinet government, the «shocking political interferenace» in the fraud investigation of BAE's arms deal in Saudi Arabia, his dismissal of concerns over postal voting, the handling of investigations in ministerial disconduct, an «undue reliance on spin», and «politicising» the civil service.

Ajayi called on other militants to give up their arms, adding that «after this, anyone who fails to utilise the opportunity (to surrender his weapons) would be dealt with by the Federal Government.»

He also said there was no big deal in the perceived rift between the executive and legislative arms of government, saying there would always be issues arising from one or two things.

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has denied making statement indicting anyone or group in the allegation of $ 2billion arms purchase deal brought against him by the federal government.

The All Progressives Congress has threatened to deal with any of its members whose conduct threatens the ongoing peace initiatives aimed at resolving the feud between the Executive and Legislative arms of government.

The government is on the verge of inking a peace deal with its main adversary, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $ 300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

Todd Phillips» version of «The Wolf of Wall Street» tells the slightly true story of two young friends who become arms dealers, start taking advantage of the government and make a great deal of money in the process.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

In 2004, the SFO started an investigation into suspected accounting irregularities relating to BAE and a government to government deal struck in 1985: Britain signed the Al - Yamamah arms for oil deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest ever UK export contract involving the sale of 120 Tornado fighter jets.

Having driven Bombardier into the arms of Boeing's biggest competitor, Boeing (still denying it is a subsidy junkie) calls it a «questionable deal between two heavily state - subsidized competitors to skirt the recent findings of the U.S. government.»

As for the policy itself, the political arm of government's announced its policy and it's now up to ministers to decide how to deal with the fallout and ensure that the good elements of the package are passed.