The national legislation of China is planning to vote in favour of a draft law, implementing strict controls over international non-government groups. As part of the new law, police would be allowed to question managers and compel partner companies in China to axe any suite that poses a danger to the security of the state.
J. Dennis Hastert, a former Republican Speaker of the House from Illinois, is currently being sued for $1.8 million by a man claiming that he has been sexually molested by the politician as a teenager. The suit is for breach of contract that stated Hastert’s failure to comply with the full $3.5 million payment for compensation.
Volkswagen has decided to appeal to the US court with an aim to hold 160 employees at Tennessee factory from United Auto Workers union.
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative was arrested and is currently facing extradition to Italy following her role in the February 2003 kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Abu Omar in Milan. Sabrina De Sousa was detained at the Lisbon airport on a European arrest warrant. She insisted that she was not involved in the kidnapping and only served as interpreter to the CIA during early-stage meetings in 2002.
