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...another from India-are being held only on immigration violations, while another Bangladeshi has been charged with falsifying official documents. But the police are investigating whether Dumont, a French national of Algerian descent who lived in Japan on and off in 2002 and 2003, was setting up a terrorist ring in the country. The local press have reported that Dumont, who worked as a used-car exporter, opened a postal savings account in July 2002 and deposited or withdrew several thousands of dollars from his account about 45 times until his final departure from the country last September, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Terror Threat | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...over again. I told them that if anyone was hit, you don't pick him up, there were others detailed to do that; the assault could not be held up. All told we carried a load of 78 lbs. on our backs. And we had a silly rubber ring--it was supposed to keep us afloat. We used it afterward as a pillow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: What They Saw When They Landed | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

Gangsters and GoodFellas is far more freewheeling and ring-a-ding-ding. In a sequel of sorts to the tightly wound Pileggi original, Hill sweeps readers along on a wild ride through the witness-protection program as he tries in vain to fit in after the feds relocate him from New York City's fast lane to slow-as-molasses Hicksville, Ky. ("Kentucky was like a foreign country," he recalls. "They'd speak in that real Appalachian, southern accent. No capiche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mob Life for Dummies | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...Sound Of Money Sales of mobile telephone ring tones now outpace sales of music singles in Britain . Beginning next week, the British Phonographic Industry will publish a ranked list of ring-tone sales, which sell for about $5.50 for a 30-second clip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

...Triple XXX-Avier? Xavier Niel, chairman of French Internet service provider Iliad, was detained on accusations of embezzlement and running a prostitution ring. Niel is accused of running three peep shows allegedly used as fronts. Company shares plunged 10.77% by week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

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