Word: passport
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Having thus tossed a lighted match onto one of the most combustible political issues in all of Greece, Zhirinovsky could hardly have been surprised when he was detained by Greek border police on Monday while attempting to pay a cross-border visit without benefit of his passport. The ensuing delay cost him an appointment back in Bulgaria with "Baba Vanga," an octogenarian grandmother who is Bulgaria's most famous clairvoyant. She later assured him by phone that he would have "a very good January...
After the World Trade Center bombing, Assistant Secretary of State Edward Djerejian told the U.S. Congress the sheik "did not give the accurate spelling of his name." Egyptian passports, however, give names in both Arabic and English. The English name on the sheik's passport, according to sources who have examined the document, was exactly the same as on AVLOS microfiche. "We had the right name, the right nationality and the right date of birth," says a senior official. The State Department is now trying to find out whether the embassy employee, who still works in Khartoum, made a mistake...
...related to the 1990 Kahane slaying. Like Salameh, Nosair worshipped at Al-Salam Mosque. The address where Elgabrowny was arrested is also listed on Salameh's 1992 driver's license and has been used by Nosair. The New York Times reported on Saturday that authorities had found several false passports in Elgabrowny's apartment, including a Nicaraguan passport made out in Nosair's name and dated eight months after Nosair had been sent to Attica. Officials speculated that Elgabrowny may have been plotting a scheme to spring Nosair from Attica and reunite him with his family in Nicaragua...
...uniform electric plugs or phone jacks. In theory, professional barriers have dropped, so a Greek dentist can practice in Aberdeen, Scotland and an Italian lawyer can hang up his shingle in Hamburg, Germany. In actuality, the rules governing professional practice in each country remain decisive. On Jan. 1, internal passport controls were to vanish, but Britain, Ireland and Denmark balked. In the other nine countries, airport controls for internal E.C. passengers will disappear next year, after arrival gates have been reconfigured...
...government? That issue came to a head last week when a federal judge barred the Bush Administration from erasing computer tapes containing E-mail dating back to the Reagan era -- including electronic memos that are relevant to Iran-contra and might implicate officials in the Iraqgate and Clinton passport scandals...