Word: pakistanis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...imploding. According to investigators, as much as $10 billion is missing from the company's books. Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, has pumped in $1 billion to keep the bank afloat since taking it over last year and has dismissed hundreds of the Pakistani bankers who ran B.C.C.I. in its heyday. Abu Dhabi, the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve are struggling to come up with a workable restructuring plan that will satisfy regulators amid continuing disclosures of illicit banking activity...
...steal of the century! A one-time-only offer! Get a great deal on a Mexican phone company! Pick up a Philippine airline -- cheap! Buy a Pakistani ghee factory for a song! Hurry, hurry, hurry for unbeatable bargains...
Mobile launchers for the M-11 arrived in Pakistan last month along with dummy missile frames for practice launches. Pakistani air force technicians are now undergoing training in China. Both of the Chinese missiles are considered more accurate and reliable than the Soviet-designed Scuds that Iraq rained on Israel and Saudi Arabia during...
...Lance connection was paying off elsewhere as well. When Lance resigned, he hired Washington attorney Robert Altman to represent him. Through this connection, Abedi met Clifford, his key U.S. contact and a man who wielded precisely the sort of influence the Pakistani banker was looking...
...think that is a poor reflection of Carter: Abedi, a charismatic personality, has given millions each year to charities and has wooed numerous world leaders attracted to his Third World Foundation. Britain's Lord Callaghan, a former Prime Minister, was a paid economic adviser to B.C.C.I., and Pakistani President Zia was a staunch supporter. While Indira Gandhi was India's Prime Minister, she presented a prize established by B.C.C.I. "When I met him 20 years ago," says a close associate of Abedi's, "I looked into his eyes and saw God and the devil residing in perfect harmony...