Word: grimaldi
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...Spaniards living in Chile in the 1970s. He was eventually released back to Chile, but he spent his last years in a virtual prison of legal assaults and deteriorating health. In October a Chilean judge ordered Pinochet under house arrest on charges related to human rights atrocities at Villa Grimaldi, a detention center outside Santiago run by Pinochet's vicious secret police...
...from this country, especially from the [political] Right.” Other finalists in the investigative reporting category included Washington Post writer Dana Priest, who wrote on the secret prisons outside the U.S. that the Central Intelligence Agency used to detain and interrogate terrorist suspects. Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi, and R. Jeffrey Smith, also of The Washington Post, were nominated for revealing details about lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s network and ties to then-House Majority Leader Tom Delay. Risen and Lichtblau, who beat out three more teams of reporters from The Los Angeles Times, Copley News Service...
...would have thought that Monaco, the crown jewel of the Cote d'Azur, needed polishing? Apparently the land of Monte Carlo and the Grimaldi royal family felt a makeover was in order. To capitalize on the popularity of cruises, the principality, which covers about 1 sq. mi., completed a $200 million 1,155-ft.-long breakwater earlier this summer, doubling the capacity of its harbor. Now large cruise ships can dock there. Three upscale hotels have also undergone renovations this year, a brand-new harbor-front hotel has opened, and by 2006 the tiny country will have 33% more rooms...
Monaco offers an even more complex case for French authorities looking to clean up international financial dealings. The tiny country, ruled by the Grimaldi family, has a government and civil service filled with officials seconded from Paris. With 49 banks and 70 financial institutions for about 32,035 inhabitants, the principality attracts some of the world's wealthiest celebrities by levying no taxes on income, capital gains or dividends. This has long made Monaco a playground for the fabulously wealthy, of whatever background. The recent French report charged that offshore companies and trusts have bountiful opportunities to move funds...