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Politician takes 'time-out' after aid fraud probe

Politician takes ‘time-out’ after aid fraud probe

Published: 12 Nov 2013 18:07 GMT+01:00

Swedish Centre Party politician Abir Al-Sahlani has been forced to take a break from parliament after being accused of fraud relating to an Iraqi aid project.

Al-Sahlani, 37, is suspected of fraud in relation to two democracy projects in Iraq run by the Centre Party. The projects, which took place in 2009 and 2010, were funded by state money from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). An estimated 3.2 million kronor ($480,000) of aid money is unaccounted for according to Swedish Radio’s Ekot programme.

A statement posted on the Centre Party’s website said that Al-Sahlani was taking a “time-out” and added that it was because of “deficiencies in the financial records concerning an aid project in Iraq.”

Both Al-Sahlani and her father Abid handled the aid project in Iraq where they were both born.

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Head of Helsinki drug squad suspected of accepting bribes

Chief Inspector Jari Aarnio, head of the Helsinki drug squad, was taken into custody today on suspicion of a conflict of interest that involves accepting bribes.

Rikosylikomisario Jari Aarnio Helsingin poliisilaitoksen tiedotustilaisuudessa 4. huhtikuuta 2012.
Chief Inspector Jari Aarnio of the Helsinki drug squad was taken into custody today. Image: Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva

YLE: Late Tuesday afternoon the head of the Helsinki drug squad, Chief Inspector Jari Aarnio, was taken into custody on suspicion of accepting bribes, a serious conflict of interest.

During an initial investigation launched in September into claims that Aarnio allegedlly helped start up and run a prostitution service, other issues arose that gave investigators reason to suspect that Aarnio had received preferential treatment from a certain company and operated under a conflict of interest in his role as a policeman.

State Prosecutor, Jukka Haavisto, who launched the initial investigation into Aarnio’s actions, said that the company in question is a private company that many police officials have procured services or products from.

According to Haavisto, Aarnio is suspected of receiving benefits from the company in question on several occasions. “This is not just about one single event,” said Haavisto.

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Kristallnacht speaker receives death threats

Florence Aryanik – Facebook

Kristallnacht speaker receives death threats

Published: 11 Nov 2013 17:39 GMT+01:00

One of the leading figures in Norwegian campaign group Youth Against Racism was forced to pull out of an event commemorating Kristallnacht on Sunday night, after receiving a death threat over the phone.

Florence Aryanik (20), whose Muslim parents fled to Norway from Iran, was due to make a speech at a torchlit procession to commemorate the Nazi attack on German Jews.

 “It was a very difficult decision to withdraw from the event tonight,” Aryanik told NRK on Saturday. “Because I’m actually more frightened of being silenced than of any threat to my life. But I decided to withdraw because of my family.”

After NRK reported the threat on the evening of the event, which was jointly organised by Norway’s Centre Against Racism and the country’s Jewish community,  Aryanik received a further threatening call.

“First it was completely silent, then there was a male voice saying that it was wise of me not to attend the commemoration, but that it was not so wise to talk with NRK afterwards,” she said.

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Calls for ban on French race slur magazine

Minute carries a photograph of Christiane Taubira with the caption: “Clever as a monkey, Taubira has got her banana back.”

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  • Minute carries a photograph of Christiane Taubira with the caption: “Clever as a monkey, Taubira has got her banana back.” Pierre Andrieu/AFP/Getty Images
Adam Sage Paris
Last updated at 12:10AM, November 13 2013

A far-right magazine was threatened with closure last night after comparing France’s West Indian-born Justice Minister to a monkey.

Minute, a weekly that backs the National Front, carries a photograph of Christiane Taubira on the front cover of the edition due out today with the caption: “Clever as a monkey, Taubira has got her banana back.”

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Norway to bring in circumcision law

The synagogue in Oslo – Senia L Flickr

Norway to bring in circumcision law

Published: 12 Nov 2013 15:06 GMT+01:00

Norway is planning to introduce new regulations on circumcision following a push to ban the practice from Norway’s leading child rights official.Health Minister Bent Høie said he would introduce new legislation on the non-medical circumcision of boys under 18 before April next year.

“We will review submissions on the matter before we can decide what should be the government’s position. We aim to present a bill before Easter,” he told Aftenposten.

Norway’s Children’s Ombudswoman Anne Lindboe this month reiterated her call for a ban on non-medical circumcision.

“This is not due to any lack of understanding of minorities or religious traditions, but because the procedure is irreversible, painful and risky,” she told Aftenposten.

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NOTE: Leftist politics of intrusion into the private affairs of the individual, is more painful and intrusive than a human birth or male circumcision could ever be.

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Dutch Meat full of Bacteria and Harmful Enzymes

The Dutch Food and Commodities Authority warns that Dutch meat often contains mrsa bacteria and damaging esbl enzymes. The Authority takes about 2,000 samples a year. In 20% of the cases, the meat contains these enzymes. It can cause the inefficacy of antibiotics in people. Twelve percent of the samples contain mrsa – a bacteria which becomes increasingly difficult to fight with medication. One of the reasons of the bacteria explosion is that so many antibiotics are used in cattle raising.

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