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...John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum. In her first speech to an American university audience, just a month before the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, Del Ponte discussed how her tribunal attempts to address the unlawful actions of political and military leaders from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, the 52-year-old Del Ponte rose to the position of Swiss attorney general, investigating connections between Italian drug dealers and Swiss money launderers, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the traditional secrecy of Swiss financial institutions. Her investigation of the Sicilian mafia led to a failed attempt...
...former Milan-based Bank of America execs. One of them, Antonio Luzi, recounted to magistrates how Sala had given him a total of $900,000 on three separate occasions for helping him set up the Brazilian refinancing. Luzi met him at a prearranged spot in the Swiss town of Lugano, handed him an empty briefcase, and waited. About an hour later, Sala returned with the case filled with cash. By now Parmalat's true debts were too big to hide. The beginning of the end came in 1999, when Parmalat executives transferred the activities of the three shell companies...
...exaggerates the significance of the landing. A widely acknowledged turning point was the 1942-43 Battle of Stalingrad, which ended in a dramatic reversal for the German army. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union's critical contribution to Germany's defeat is often downplayed by the West. JURGEN SCHMIDHUBER Manno-Lugano, Switzerland
...Bush's stance on any issues. Why would voters want to select him over the other candidates? Your polls showed that 73% of those you asked want to know more about this candidate, but you did not supply the information. Without it, the article is relatively useless. EUNICE KASISKE Lugano, Switzerland...
Despite the injury, MacDonald played exceedingly well in his last two games with Lugano, scoring three goals and two assists to lead the team in scoring...