Sentences with phrase «government witnesses at»

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The attorney said the U.S. government made a request late on Wednesday for witnesses who work at Apple who could discuss technology.

Simon Cockerell, general manager at Koryo Tours — a Beijing - based firm that brings foreign tourists to North Korea — said he's witnessed a definite increase in government support for sports.

The layoffs in Halifax come at an awkward time for the province, which witnessed the defeat of its NDP government in a provincial election Tuesday.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson took the witness stand on Thursday at the trial challenging the government's decision to block the combination, saying the move «defied logic» and was «absurd.»

At the time, Pai said it was «sad... to witness the FCC's unprecedented attempt to replace that freedom with government control.»

The decision comes at the conclusion of 30 hours of trial over the past few weeks and about a month after the government suspended Jehovah's Witnesses activities in March.

And even that law he did not break because he made an agreement with the government (Iran) to be able to visit his family in Iran and build a Children «s Home there.Please read all of the articles and you will also find out that he (Pastor Saeed) were not even allow to be at his own Trial to defend himself and that witnesses for the government were intimidated not to attend for fear of reprises.

The strategy of withdrawal (# 1 above) maintains in a dramatic form the prophetic witness against social evils; under a totalitarian government it may be the only way in which the church can exist at all.

But the 2004 Taguba Report on the Abu Ghraib abuses found «that contrary to the provision of AR 190 - 8, and the findings found in MG Ryder's Report, Military Intelligence (MI) interrogators and Other US Government Agency's (OGA) interrogators actively requested that MP guards set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses» and that this request was part of what led to the abuses by the reservist MP unit at the prison.

Yet June 1976 witnessed strikes at Radom, Plock and Umus which forced the government to withdraw increase on food prices.

The home secretary said the government will look at reinforcing the witness protection programme to encourage communities to share information.

At the resumed trial of Dasuki on charges of unlawful possession of firearms, the government witness, Mr. Samuel Ogbu who was under cross examination confirmed no incriminating items was found in the guest house.

At the resumed hearing of the case, counsel to the Federal Government, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, SAN had told the Judge that the case was slated for commencement of trial and that he was fully ready with his witnesses that will testify in the case.

Greeks have witnessed discussions shift from $ 1 billion in additional measures (last proposal put forth by the New Democracy - PASOK government following demands from creditors), to over $ 10 billion in additional measures last month, to today's «Greekment» according to which Greece will undergo harsher austerity (for next three years) than at any other point since the crisis began.

The judge said that the same government can not aske for protection of witnesses having filed the charges and proof of evidence along with the anmes of the witnesses and put the same at the public domain for public consumption.

The complaint indicates a senior executive at the real estate developer is cooperating with the government, naming him as «cooperating witness 1.»

The event, witnessed by Deputy Governor and Chairman of Ondo State Amnesty Committee, Agboola Ajayi, representatives of Delta State government, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base at Igbokoda, Navy Captain Usman Yahaya, among others, was seen as the solution to restoring peace in the riverine area.

Hakeem says, «After witnessing the slipping of DFL power in the legislature, and a government shutdown, people are ready for a third party at Minnesota's State Capitol.»

The feds also proved Tabone tampered with a potential government witness, Philip Ragusa, who then chaired the borough's GOP, at his home and tried to convince him not to testify at Tabone and Smith's first trial last year.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A lawyer attacked the credibility of a key government witness on Wednesday at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the witness lashed back, calling it insulting to suggest he would lie to avoid prison.

ALBANY — Former lobbyist and Albany insider Todd Howe was arrested Thursday night, just hours after the government's star witness in the trial of Joseph Percoco and three business executives admitted under cross-examination that he had tried to bilk his credit card company out of the cost of a night's stay at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Howe was arrested last Thursday evening after he revealed on the witness stand that he had violated the terms of his cooperation agreement with the government and had committed another crime, trying to defraud his credit card company over a $ 600 charge for a hotel stay at the Waldorf.

The criminal complaint charging Seabrook and his fellow defendant, hedge - fund manager Murray Huberfeld, strongly suggests that a witness who is cooperating with the government in the case, Jona S. Rechnitz, could also serve as an important witness in at least one of the fund - raising inquiries centered on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

While at that, I must point a weakness in running this type of government — fighting corruption becomes difficult as individuals to be prosecuted and perhaps ridiculed for indulging in corruption would be relations as we are witnessing already.

Most House of Commons committees have a remit to scrutinise a government department, so it is no surprise to see that 51 % of witnesses at Commons committees are from the public sector.

$ 2billion Armsgate: Witness Gives details of $ 47million delivered to Dasuki More details have emerged on how huge cash estimated at $ 2billion meant for arms purchase was allegedly diverted by key government officials and politicians.

The documents which were tendered through the second prosecution witness, Mr. Ochoga Peter Esuh, who was a Cashier at the Benue State Government House certified true copies of memo to the executive governor (Suswam), payment receipts, payment vouchers of the N450 million and a letter to the Commissioner of finance, under Suswam's administration, Omadachi Oklobia in respect of the money.

The government is expected to calls as witnesses COBA board members familiar with the Platinum investment, including Michael Maiello, the union's treasurer who OKed the transfers to Platinum at the direction of Seabrook, sources have said.

The City Council's health committee chairman, the sponsor of several anti-tobacco laws, regularly smoked cigarettes at the city's legislative office building, according to government sources who witnessed the smoky back - room behavior.

During the commission of the SHS which is located at Bamiako with 500 student population, ghanapoliticsonline.com, Government officials and others who came to witness found out that telecommunication network was bad.

«To say -LSB-...] «you are putting children at risk» when it's not true is a level of outrageous misinformation I have not witnessed in the four and a half years I have been in this government,» he said on his regular LBC phone - in.

At one point, he was recorded saying that if he was able to find out the identities of several cooperating government witnesses, he could arrange to «take them out.»

NEW YORK (AP)-- The government's prize witness at the bribery trial of a longtime top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has returned to the witness stand after being arrested last week.

The alleged arrangement, which has become the heart of the corruption case against Mr. Silver, came into focus at his trial on Wednesday, as Dr. Robert N. Taub of Columbia University testified in federal court in Manhattan as a government witness.

They brought witnesses — including high - ranking officials still on Cuomo's staff — as well as evidence showing that Percoco kept using his state government office in Manhattan and at the Capitol — and his ability to influence Cuomo staffers — after he shifted over to Cuomo's campaign payroll in the spring of 2014.

Meanwhile, New York republicans are directly targeting Governor Cuomo over his relationship with Perococo, pointing at witnesses who have testified that once Percoco left the government payroll and ran Cuomo's campaigns he still reportedly used his state offices.

I plan to attend, but do not wish to testify at the hearing on March 5th March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Please respond by Friday, March 5th: E-mail to: [email protected] Or fax to: [phone] I would like to testify at the hearing on March 12th (The committee will accommodate as many witnesses as possible.)

Star government witness Todd Howe testified Monday at the corruption trial of ex-gubernatorial aide Joseph Percoco that the two were like «brothers» after three decades in the Cuomo family orbit when they hatched a scheme to trade on Percoco's influence as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's right - hand man.

Therefore, one begins to wonder if the witnesses are working at cross-purposes with the government.

Prosecutors said Thursday that they expect Singh to be the government's leadoff witness, and they have said in the past that they have 100 potential witnesses lined up to testify at a trial that could last two months at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.

The actions against the witness, Todd Howe, signal that prosecutors may nullify his cooperation agreement, a move that could cast doubt on his four days of testimony and put at risk the government's case against former Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco.

If you look at something like the economic crisis that came last September, I think the real opportunity for the Labour party is to say that we did not just witness the demise of individual institutions, we ultimately witnessed the demise of an ideology that says that the only role for government is always to get out of the way and that the right response to a financial crisis is to nudge, privatise and deregulate.

Charles Dorego, a senior real estate executive at Glenwood Management and a central government witness, testified how he felt uncomfortable being repeatedly asked by Mr. Skelos about any possible jobs for his son.

At yesterday's hearing of the Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Representative Lacy Clay (D — MO), several witnesses expressed concerns that public - access policies could harm journals.

«The Norwegian and French governments are deluded if they think they can save rainforests by cutting down trees,» said Jo Blackman, a campaigner at Global Witness.

Industry witnesses at a congressional hearing June 6 asked Congress to make permanent the government's authority to indemnify commercial launch service companies against some of the losses that could result if there was a catastrophic launch accident.

Meanwhile, a team of D.C. journalists investigate Frank's involvement in Peter Russo's death, witnessing first - hand the level of corruption at work in their government.

We first meet him in 1951 when he arouses the suspicion of a local police detective in Manchester, then witness his recruitment by the British government at the beginning of the war, and finally flash back to his youth and the incidents at school that helped shape the man he would become.

Meanwhile, Cambodia has recently witnessed a geopolitical realignment of sorts, as even though it still maintains decent, if not robust relations with neighboring Vietnam and the United States, Hun Sen has dramatically increased ties with China, not only economically but diplomatically as well.For example, at the 2012 ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian government blocked the drafting of a joint communiqué that condemned Chinese actions against Vietnam in disputed areas of the South China Sea.

Long witnessed by Robyn's father at his village clinics, the existence of the disease is acknowledged by the government too late - only as death, on an unprecedented scale, begins to devastate this peaceful and prosperous African country.