The union on Friday asked the state Public Employment Relations Board to intervene and settle the issue, but the city labeled the request one of several "useless PR stunts" and said the board did not have jurisdiction.

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Judges rarely intervene in this way - and he was giving voice to the public anger that men still remain at large.

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It was the first such public claim by Israel and appeared to increase pressure on Washington and other Western countries to intervene in Syria.

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He would have the power to intervene should the Kosovan authorities breach its provisions, including the power to sack public officials and overturn laws.

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"That is highly unusual for a judge to intervene so hastily and make the decision not based on the facts of the interviews and the public safety exception, but what they perceived was happening based on what they saw on television, " he said.

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He will intervene in public debates and write more books, all in his quest to keep Singapore on the straight and narrow.

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In spite of widespread public anger about the millions of pounds paid to top bankers and executives of other companies, ministers have chosen not to intervene directly.

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Our traditional view of the food chain is that large companies manage it, industrial farms produce for it, food ingredient experts intervene with flavor enhancing and preservation chemicals, and fast food joints or supermarkets shift food to the public, who eat it, often to their detriment.

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