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...media reports and Lebanese legal and financial sources, U.N. investigators asked Kenaan about his unexplained wealth and possible link to the looting of al-Madina Bank, which collapsed in 2003 after the discovery of a nearly $2 billion fraud scheme. In his last interview, given to a Beirut radio station, Kenaan angrily denied accusations of corruption, ending the interview by saying, "This is the last statement it is possible for me to give." A few hours later, he was dead...
Stumble upon the steep-roofed, wood-framed structure by Ekkamai Skytrain station on Bangkok's bustling Sukhumvit Road, and you could be forgiven for thinking that you had come across a temple. Set amid lush greenery and running water, the building looks like a sanctuary from the clamor of the Thai capital. But in this case, coffee drinking - rather than meditation - is the preferred mode of retreat. Welcome to Banrie, Thailand's answer to Starbucks. It's a flag-flier for local coffee culture and serves a selection of domestically grown brews prepared the Thai way - with plenty of sugar...
...local forces called for more help to quell the assault, Moscow downplayed the drama. Four hours after the attack began, the Kremlin announced it was all over. But sporadic clashes erupted during the night, and the next morning, guerrillas were still inside the souvenir shop and held a police station. Eventually, a group of élite Russian Spetsnaz soldiers with gas masks and small grenade launchers edged along the side of the souvenir shop. Shortly before their assault, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General, Vladimir Kolesnikov, stressed that women were being held hostage inside. "We have to act with surgical precision...
...towns into darkness. There were also reports of gun battles between insurgents, on one hand, and U.S. and Iraqi troops in Ramadi and other western towns Saturday, causing voters to stay away from the polling booths. In the capital, however, there were attacks by gunmen at only four polling stations and a few ineffectual mortars. By 5 p.m., when polls closed, there were few reports of deaths. One incident surfaced of an insurgent raid on a polling station in the Abu Ghraib neighborhood. The attackers killed the supervisor there and made off with five boxes of ballots. Nevertheless...
...Kanaan Jamil Ibrahim, supervising officer at a polling station in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite Jadhriyah district said that "the day began quietly, because people are cautious about coming out. They are waiting and watching their TVs, for news of any violence or disturbance. Once they hear that voting is going normally, they will come out." He said that at his polling station, the Muhammad Baqr al-Hakim Boys' High School, there was actually less security this time than on Jan 30. One reason, he said, is that "the Iraqi security forces have learned from the [previous] elections...