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...Bangla Bhai, who has told the Bangladeshi press that he is committed to establishing a Taliban-style Islamic government in the northwest of the country, remains at large. Although Prime Minister Zia has ordered his arrest, the police appear to have made little progress, fueling widespread suspicions that the government isn't serious about cracking down on Islamic terrorism. Bangla Bhai has said that his organization's goal is merely "to awaken people's religious feelings to establish their links with the creator...
...owns shares in both UFJ and SMFG. But, he adds, the bank possesses valuable assets that both suitors find attractive. It is relatively strong in small business and retail banking, as well as in trust and pension management. These would plug product-line holes in MTFG's case and establish outright dominance in areas in which SMFG is already strong. Moreover, MTFG and SMFG aspire to be global players and so need economies of scale?and after years of industry consolidation, UFJ is the only potential domestic lender that could provide the quantum leap in product array and asset size...
...Korean Peninsula; in Seoul. Shin had denied rumors about his father's past until two men told local media last week that the elder Shin, who is deceased, had tortured them when he was a policeman. South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun had earlier said he would establish a commission to probe the sensitive period of Japan's colonial rule...
That left everyone bracing to see whether battle would resume. But the pause was an acknowledgment of how much was at risk for all sides. The uprising poses a grave challenge to the seven-week-old interim government, which has yet to establish popular legitimacy or law and order amid the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq. Allawi had set himself up as a tough guy ready to impose draconian measures to quell the country's relentless violence. Yet taking the fight all the way to the golden-domed Imam Ali shrine, where al-Sadr's men were dug in, could...
...years later, she became the host of The French Chef, a weekly program on PBS (then known as Educational Television). That show helped establish public television, about which Child felt so strongly that she not only donated money but also turned down several network offers...