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Jules Kroll, a New York City investigator who previously tracked down hidden assets of Marcos and former Haitian President Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, disclosed the audacious magnitude of Saddam's scheme last week on CBS's 60 Minutes. Kroll began chasing the hidden billions after Kuwait's government-in-exile hired him in the wake of last year's invasion. His mission: to locate secret Iraqi funds that Kuwait could use to rebuild itself once the crisis ended. "The phenomenon of using front companies is common," Kroll says of his findings. "What distinguishes this one is its level...
...decision came in a class action filed on behalf of several thousand Haitian farm workers in Florida. The suit attacked flawed INS procedures, including the failure to provide transcripts and Creole translators during amnesty interviews. The ruling is expected to benefit more than 100,000 other illegal aliens around the country whose representatives have been trying to haul the INS into court. Said victorious lawyer Ira Kurzban, echoing the view of other experts: "It's probably the most significant immigration case in the last quarter-century...
...Yellow and Ambassador services owned by the Brattle Cab company, and the primarily Haitian Union Taxi company, for example, simply hook up drivers with passengers via radio for a monthly fee. Only Cambridge's Checkered Cab Company has charge of its own taxis, and even of those, about half belong to their drivers...
...Lafontant, a gynecologist who was the muscle behind the regime of exiled dictator Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier from 1981 to 1985, turned out to be a general without an army. In an unprecedented gesture of support for democracy, the Haitian military, led by army Chief of Staff General Herard Abraham, declared its allegiance to the government. Less than 12 hours after the coup began, soldiers stormed the palace, freed Pascal-Trouillot and dragged off Lafontant and 15 of his henchmen in handcuffs...
Soviet troops deploy in Lithuania and mobilize to move on other republics. The Haitian army -- surprisingly -- crushes a coup attempt...