CHILDREN RELEASED: Kenyan authorities have released many of the children imprisoned in a crackdown against a brutal militia in the country’s western region, a human-rights advocate and a detention official said Friday. The Associated Press last month documented the 32 children’s charges of torture by the military since the crackdown began in March.
BANK FINED: France’s central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for “serious shortcomings” in its internal controls that led to more than $7 billion in trading losses announced earlier this year. The Bank of France’s banking commission also issued a formal warning to Societe Generale, France’s second-biggest bank, saying shortcomings in “hierarchical controls” for extended periods in 2007 fueled the problem.
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