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...financial recklessness of the past: "There has never been such a sense of shared purpose." An Australian finance team is in Nauru helping to audit its messy dealings, while two Australian Federal Police members have arrived to assist the local force. The presidential penthouse in Melbourne's business district is gone, and consulate staff have moved into more modest premises. Other neighbors are being called on too, with a regional donors' meeting to be presented next year with a request for help. There's no going back to the riches of old for Nauru, and not even a guarantee that...
...area. Local officials say the arrival of the mysterious foreigners boosted Musingku's stature, and hence his potential to take more money from Bougainvilleans. They also believe it has jeopardised health programs and disrupted peace negotiations. "All hell broke loose" when the jet landed, says the P.N.G. government's district manager Otto Noruka. "There was talk of a trillion US dollars ... the plane just reinforced it," he says. "They were capitalizing on the illiteracy of the people...
...Middlesex District Attorney’s Office issued a statement Friday that said the owner of Cardullo’s caught Azar pocketing the money on a hidden video camera...
...more extensive trial, which would likely not occur before next fall, would be necessary to determine the extent of damages owed by Shleifer and Harvard. In September, U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock dismissed the government’s contention that Shleifer and Hay’s improprieties undermined the entire project. He said a jury would have to determine both parties’ liability...
...play centers on upper-class society, but most of the powerful scenes take place in offbeat situations, like a secret meeting in the red-light district and a midnight cross-dressing spree in an outdoor produce market. It is the servant couple, played by Karen MacDonald and Thomas Derrah, who hilariously propel the plot through some of its most crucial twists and turns. Their second act tryst summarizes all the characters’ struggles between the forbidden desires, ethical dilemmas and stifling social conventions which they constantly confront in their lives...