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...club's all-male status may prevent the council from giving its stamp of approval...
...that stands in between American women and non-surgical abortion is the FDA's stamp of approval. And the agency, which has been hemming and hawing over final approval for RU-486 for almost four years, is under enormous pressure - from both the medical and political worlds. Anti-abortion activists are predictably opposed to the pill, while abortion rights groups argue RU-486 offers women a more private, less invasive and ultimately safer way to terminate unwanted pregnancies...
...charged that offshore companies and trusts have bountiful opportunities to move funds for individuals whose identities remain hidden. Monagasque Minister of State Patrick Leclercq accused the French of presenting a "clearly biased overall view of the principality of Monaco," reaffirmed Monaco's desire to participate in international efforts to stamp out laundering and noted that the country was not included among those named as "noncooperating" by the FATF...
...FATF report epitomized the tough new stance being adopted by industrial nations to stamp out money laundering, the process of taking illegally obtained funds such as drug money and making them appear to come from legitimate business. Pressure has focused on tax havens because they attract money fleeing tax collectors and often employ bank-secrecy rules that make it hard to identify illegal cash. Money hidden from tax collectors is considered illegal in many countries, but not in places like Liechtenstein...
...crackdown on blood diamonds, the cartel is also helping itself by preventing competitors from flooding the market with cheap gems. But while De Beers' cooperation with the embargo may spare the industry the sort of organized boycott that shook the fur trade in the 1980s, it probably won't stamp out trafficking. De Beers claims that only 3% of the global diamond supply comes from African conflict regions. London analysts believe the amount may be as high...