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...Bank of New York, USA Today reports that U.S. gumshoes went to Russian officials last week for bank statements, audiotapes and documents relating to the possible diversion of nearly $15 billion from Russia to U.S. shores ? and were turned down flat. According to a U.S. investigator, Moscow called the request an "unnecessary intrusion" into its internal affairs, and later, Russian investigators visiting Washington claimed they had not been shown any evidence supporting the allegations. (U.S. investigators said they showed the officials "irrefutable evidence" of billions of dollars laundered, including hundreds of documents tracing the transfer of money from Russia...
Club officers seduced first-years at the activity fair by offering demonstrations and even juggling swords by request--a daring feat, considering the crowd of students clamoring for the sign-up sheet...
Some justice came for Ovando last week, as officials began unraveling a scandal that goes beyond him. On Thursday, at the unusual request of the deputy district attorney, a judge dismissed Ovando's case. Ovando returns to what is left of his life and the bittersweet joy of seeing his daughter for the first time. She was born while he was in jail...
...Slobodan Milosevic to be tried in the Hague for crimes against his own citizenry to argue that the charges against Pinochet ?- whose regime murdered at least 3,000 of its political opponents ?- are a domestic matter. But even if a British Magistrate?s Court upholds Spain?s extradition request, the 83-year-old general will still have recourse to appeal ?- and ultimately, to a political decision by Home Secretary Jack Straw, who may well be persuaded by compassionate arguments on behalf of the ailing Pinochet. But by then, the general may well have been a prisoner in Britain...
This policy, says Wrinn, basically means that each request is considered on a case-by-case basis. In the past 20 years, only a few movies have been filmed on the Harvard campus...