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Five Masters of Persian and Indian Painting: Sultan-Muhammad, Mir Sayyid 'Ali, Basawan, Payag, and the Kotar Mastert--Through March 8. Sackler Museum...
Five Masters of Persian And Indian Painting: Sultan-Muhammed, Mir Sayyid Ali, Basawan, Payag And the Kotar Mastert--Through March 8. Sackler Museum. Whatever...
...most prominent victim of Abedi's flimflam operation was the man whose wealth helped finance B.C.C.I.: Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan of Abu Dhabi, President of the United Arab Emirates. Investigators say approximately $2 billion of Zayed's own money, along with $7 billion in Abu Dhabi state funds, has disappeared into the bank's black hole. In the U.S., B.C.C.I.'s secret ownership of Washington's largest bank, First American, implicated former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford. As chairman of First American, Clifford had denied that B.C.C.I. controlled the Washington bank; he and his partner, Robert Altman, now face...
...more money is needed to compensate victims worldwide, so authorities are seeking a much bigger bailout. Their intended source: the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, who is now the major shareholder in B.C.C.I. For months banking authorities and liquidators have tried to talk Zayed into donating billions of dollars to cushion the losses of depositors around the world so they might recoup 30% to 40% instead of the 10% now expected. B.C.C.I.'s agreement with the U.S. may pave the way for that bailout...
Staff Sergeant Robert Snow of Southington, Conn., gave quite a bit in Operation Desert Storm. A land-mine explosion left him with a shattered left arm, a broken leg and a collapsed lung. Last week Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S., gave quite a bit in return: $100,000, as a wedding gift to Snow and his bride Karin Pajor...