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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...recently arrived Cuban immigrants register to vote - they no longer see the travel ban as an inseparable component. In fact, they see lifting the ban as a way to throw a bigger ball into Havana's court, one that might oblige current Cuban President Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, to release more jailed dissidents or make other reform gestures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the U.S.-Cuba Travel Ban End Soon? | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Abadi did not return numerous phone messages, but his brother Gavin Abadi, an auctioneer also involved in the "Madoff" events, told TIME that Madoff victims do indeed provide merchandise for the auctions and that "we're getting inventory from them every single week." The problem, he said, is that most victims ask to remain anonymous. Southern Star put TIME in touch with one Madoff investor who said he lost millions in the Ponzi scheme and confirmed that he had given the Abadis some artwork to auction. But while that person said he was happy with the price the Abadis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon to Your Town: Fake 'Madoff' Auctions? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...also didn't know whether any items were from Madoff victims, he said, "If that's a major concern, we should look into it and perhaps change some things," including disclosing to potential buyers which items are or aren't from Madoff victims. He said that he and his brother were "not looking to mislead or misrepresent. The victims we've been dealing with are so very happy with us and do feel we've truly helped them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon to Your Town: Fake 'Madoff' Auctions? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...advertising." In 2007, Abadi's Illinois auction license was suspended indefinitely for failure to comply with the state's continuing-education requirements. He also had a run-in with Wisconsin regulators in 2002 for "failing to include required information in a published advertisement." Gavin Abadi would not discuss his brother's infractions but said that the two of them were "always willing to make any adjustment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon to Your Town: Fake 'Madoff' Auctions? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Fonseka had been told by the DHS official that the objective of the interview was to "use him as a source against Defense Secretary Gottabaya Rajapaksa." Apart from being a co-author of the successful campaign against the Tigers, Gottabaya Rajapaksa is also the brother of Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa. (See pictures from Sri Lanka when the Tamil Tigers were still a force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Wants to Talk to Sri Lanka's Tiger Tamer | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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