Word: pakistanis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...country, and a technical team will arrive in Mogadishu to assess the needs for a return to peace; 50 cease-fire observers from 10 nations are already in the capital. But the U.N. will not begin distribution of food and aid without the security provided by a 500-man Pakistani battalion, on standby since April. So far General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, one of two rivals destroying the country they would govern, has balked at accepting armed blue helmets...
...last year Americans heard of the labyrinthine lawlessness of the Pakistani Bank of Credit & Commerce International. But unlike depositors shut out in places like Britain and Hong Kong, they felt no real impact. That changed after a New York grand jury indicted Sheik Khalid bin Mahfouz, head of Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank, for fraud in connection with the scandal. Last week the Federal Reserve sought a $170 million fine from Mahfouz -- the largest ever from an individual -- for his alleged role in illegally buying a controlling interest in Washington's First American Bankshares from B.C.C.I., and the Comptroller...
...passed his courses, passed History and Literature generals, wrote a thesis on Pakistani author Hanif Kureshi (he's totally full of shit, but Thomas can relate to that). So today Harvard's hostess with the mostest will receive his diploma, and the campus social scene will never be the same...
Harvard has traditionally invited heads ofstate to speak at Commencement. In recent years,speakers have included German Prime MinisterHelmut Kohl and Pakistani leader Benazir P. Bhutto...
Psst. Need to launder some dirty money? No problem. Pakistan's central bank placed some eyebrow-raising advertisements in the Wall Street Journal last week, offering to sell Pakistani government-backed bonds to anyone with cash. "No questions asked about the source of funds," says the ad. "No identity to be disclosed." The State Bank of Pakistan, which placed the ads, may be picking up where another Pakistani bank -- the corrupt Bank of Credit & Commerce International -- left...