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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tibetan people. We must not forget that China has occupied Tibet. If the U.S. is to be the moral conscience of the world, it must address this issue with China. The Tibetan culture is unique, and it would be an incalculable loss to have it disappear forever. SABIR HASAN New York City Via E-mail

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 8, 1996 | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...fragile peace in Sarajevo was tested again with accusations by the Bosnian government that non-Serbs are being forcibly detained while traveling through a Sarajevo suburb. Bosnian government minister Hasan Muratovic said that 16 non-Serbs have been detained in the past month while traveling through Ilidza, a Serb suburb west of the city. But although Muratovic called on NATO forces to make Sarajevo safe for all citizens, a NATO spokesman said that wasn't their job. "We are not a police force," said General Andrew Cumming, who added that such incidents must be sorted out by local police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WRONG PART OF TOWN | 1/2/1996 | See Source »

DIED. AGHA HASAN ABEDI, 73, founder of the Bank of Credit & Commerce International; of heart failure; in Karachi, Pakistan. Allegations of criminality brought down the once-powerful B.C.C.I. in 1991. Subsequently, Abedi, accused of perpetrating the largest financial fraud in history, was indicted for theft and other charges in the U.S., but Pakistan refused to extradite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 14, 1995 | 8/14/1995 | See Source »

...command Swaleh Naqvi was sentenced to eight years in the slammer and ordered to pay $255 million in restitution in connection with federal charges stemming from the biggest bank fraud ever. Naqvi now faces trial in New York Friday on state charges. But Naqvi's boss, B.C.C.I. founder Agha Hasan Abedi, is currently in Pakistan and unlikely to be brought to justice, says TIME correspondent S.C. Gwynne, who covered the scandal. Naqvi has pleaded indigence and probably won't pay the fines levied against him. Still, today's development is a significant victory for the feds. "Naqvi was the main...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: B.C.C.I. HONCHO JAILED | 10/19/1994 | See Source »

...Bank of Credit and Commerce International (B.C.C.I.) scandal. But the bank's two senior officers, who handled huge sums of the emir's fortune until investigators closed the fraudulent operation in 1991, weren't present to help pay up. One of them, 71-year-old founder Aga Hasan Abedi, is now ensconced in his native Pakistan, on good terms with local officials and unlikely to face extradition. "He's the mastermind, and he's sitting up there in Karachi," says TIME correspondent S.C. Gwynne, who has investigated the scandal. "It appears that the Abu Dhabians believe that $9 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: B.C.C.I. VERDICTS . . . ARAB EMIRATE WANTS ITS $9 BILLION BACK | 6/14/1994 | See Source »

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