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...agreement with Abu Dhabi's ruler, a principal backer of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, has given new life to the global fraud investigation of the rogue bank. Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan has agreed to allow B.C.C.I.'s No. 2 man, Swaleh Naqvi, to be extradited to the U.S. for trial on fraud charges, and to give prosecutors access to other former officers and to bank records. In turn, the U.S. has promised the sheik that he will not face criminal or civil charges in the U.S. and that a $1.5 billion lawsuit against him will...
Double-clicking the "Microsoft Word" icon in Window's Program Manager brings up the WFW window, which looks almost identical to version 2, save for the time-of-day display at the bottom and the document ruler. The menu looks the same, as do the toolbar and the document workspace...
Perhaps. But Colombia's remaining drug lords want not peace, but a piece of the action once controlled by the Medellin cartel. That was underscored late in the week by the wild celebrations in the city of Cali, where rival drug lords gathered at a party hosted by cartel ruler Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela to toast the death of a hated enemy who had sworn to kill them...
...Gaveston, and makes him his companion, much to the chagrin of his queen Isabella, his brother, his court, and his kingdom in general. With the ambitious militarist Mortimer, Isabella jealously plots Gaveston's banishment and eventual murder. Edward II winds up imprisoned and miserable, failed in his capacities as ruler and husband and deprived of the one human being he ever loved. Passion. Violence. Doom...
...Garrison describes himself simply, if cryptically, as "a friend of Haiti." But this is a "friend" with unusual connections. Frequently Garrison can be spotted scampering along the colonnaded balcony of military headquarters in Port-au- Prince before slipping into the office of Lieut. General Raoul Cedras, Haiti's military ruler. Even when the Haitian military was bracing for a U.S. Marine landing last month, harried and grim-faced senior commanders still paused in their duties to shake hands with the tiny Canadian. When the action is less tense, Garrison skin dives with Cedras and schmoozes on the phone with staffers...