UEA staff member jailed for stealing £50k An administrator at the University of East Anglia has been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than £50,000 from the institution.
Others include the daughter of Li Peng, who oversaw the brutal retaliation against Tiananmen Square protesters; and Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, the ex-politburo member jailed for life for corruption and power abuses.
Steven Erlanger (NYT) NORTHERN IRELAND: FROM I.R.A TO MAYOR -- Cathal Crumley, 41, a former Irish Republican Army member jailed in the 1980's on murder conspiracy convictions that were later overturned, has become the first mayor of a Northern Ireland city from Sinn Fein, the political party of the I.R.A.
The father of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - a Pussy Riot member jailed after performing a 'punk prayer' protest at Moscow's main cathedral last year - has described how her time in prison has changed her.
Obstructive institutions and ministries were crushed or reconfigured; crooked party members jailed.
For decades, the Brotherhood was hounded by repressive autocrats and their security forces, its members jailed, its organization outlawed.
In his speech, Mr Putin notably did not mention the amnesty legislation that he introduced to the parliament on the occasion of the constitutional anniversary, which could pardon thousands of non-violent prisoners including two Pussy Riot members jailed for their "punk prayer" in a Moscow cathedral.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which has been banned in Syria for decades and its members jailed, has opened an office in Aleppo but has held off on overt political campaigning.
He has taken on the role of being a gang member in jail".
The latest confrontation occurred today when the Indonesian government criticized Samaranch for a letter he wrote this past April seeking the release of Hasan, the I.O.C. member, from jail.
He cited Mr Griffin's conviction for distributing racist material, and another BNP member's jail sentence for wounding a Jewish teacher.
