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...taste for tongba, you might like to move on to the other mainstays of the Himalayan liquor cabinet, such as chang?a deceptively strong sour rice or millet brew with the texture of thin porridge. Then there's raksi, a distilled version of chang that resembles tequila. Order this with a tongba chaser, and you might have to forget about sightseeing for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain High | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...Iraq, some Islamic groups like al-Sadr's religious militia, Jaish al-Mahdi, are declaring themselves guardians of peace and justice. Many groups keep private armies, but al-Sadr's men also maintain courts and prisons in eight southern Iraqi cities and Baghdad. Religious militia have shut down liquor stores in Basra and Baghdad and even killed some of their owners. In Najaf, CD sellers accused of peddling pornography have had their shops bombed. The court's claim of religious sanction is particularly potent in Najaf, where portraits of religious leaders have replaced statues of Saddam Hussein. While al-Sadr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Islamic Justice: The Religious Militia Muscles In | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...kind of confused,” Chen said while driving his red Dodge Caravan away from the courthouse. “Should I retire next year or should I not retire? If they take away my liquor license, I’m going to retire and shut down the store...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Owner of Louie's Escapes Jail Time | 2/26/2004 | See Source »

Even after today’s ruling, Chen’s legal troubles are not over. The Cambridge Licensing Commision will rule on March 16 whether Chen can continue to sell liquor at Louie?...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Owner of Louie's Escapes Jail Time | 2/26/2004 | See Source »

...company Statoil for their alleged part in arranging a $15 million "consulting contract" that police fear was used to bribe Iranian officials. Since early last year, Sweden's economic police have been investigating reports that some of the 421 store managers at Systembolaget, the country's state-owned liquor store monopoly, received bribes from liquor wholesalers to promote certain products. Now the threat of disgrace has descended upon insurance-giant Skandia. Three of the firm's departed executives - former CEO Lars-Eric Petersson, former chief financial officer Ulf Sp?ng and the former chief of life insurer Skandia Liv, Ola Ramstedt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scandal Heads North | 2/22/2004 | See Source »

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