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Head of France’s main opposition UMP party to step down amid allegations of party funding fraud

The head of France’s main opposition UMP party to step down amid allegations of party funding fraud as UMP officials allegedly told company to produce fake invoices opening race on for UMP leadership and its 2017 presidential ticket. Francois Cope, head of France’s main opposition UMP party, agreed to step down amid allegations of party funding fraud, party officials said, triggering a race to secure the conservative party’s ticket for the 2017 presidential election. Ivy […]

China defends Tiananmen crackdown on eve of 25th anniversary

(Reuters)– China defended the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday (June 3), the eve of the 25th anniversary, saying it had chosen the correct path for the sake of the people. For the ruling Communist Party, the 1989 demonstrations that clogged Tiananmen Square inBeijing and spread to other cities remain taboo after the government termed the protests “counter-revolutionary”. The anniversary of the date on which troops shot their way into central Beijing in 1989 has never been publicly marked […]

Sen. Miriam Santiago steps down as ICC judge

By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, June 3 (PNA) — Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Tuesday stepped down as judge of the prestigious International Criminal Court (ICC) due to her health problem. ”Pursuant to my commitment, I hereby confirm that the Court should proceed on the basis that I am stepping down as elected judge,” Santiago said in her letter to ICC president Sang-Hyun Song dated June 3. ”Since I was elected in December 2011, I have […]

SC dismisses petition questioning legality of OPARR

MANILA, June 3 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the petition questioning the legality of the creation of the office headed by Rehabilitation Czar Secretary Panfilo Lacson. During the en banc session, the SC dismissed the petition filed by taxpayer Louis Biraogo ruling that there was no grave abuse of discretion on the part of President Benigno S. Aquino III when he issued Memorandum Order No. 62 creating the Office of the […]