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...even a press agent, and his wallet is still open. Yet that money, all that time, and the one thing he has learned--aside from the fact that Ellen Shah had half a million when she ran and transferred money through accounts in England, the Isle of Man and Switzerland--merely deepens the sting...
There was speculation that Dumas might be jailed last week. But when the judges arrived at his country estate, where he was recovering from abdominal surgery, they left him free on more than $800,000 bail and forbade him to travel to various tax havens such as Switzerland and Monaco, where it is suspected he keeps secret bank accounts. Dumas adamantly denies all allegations--and even claims to have repaid the cost of the boots. In an interview last March, he declared he had "never received a cent" from the Taiwan contract and never wavered in his opposition...
...Industry smells a potential market in the "rising African countries," and here is Clinton to pave the way. But how can you talk of a renaissance in Africa when in Zimbabwe a sizable percentage of the people between 20 and 30 are HIV positive? VOLKER DOLITZSCH Steffisburg, Switzerland...
...been removed from its silver casket not just for the public but also to several waves of scientific observers. The trend's high point occurred in 1978, when the Roman Catholic Church allowed a five-day extravaganza during which more than two dozen scientists from the U.S., Italy and Switzerland performed a battery of tests on the shroud and also used pieces of tape to lift material from its surface for later study. The tests included photo- and electron microscopy, X rays, spectroscopy, ultraviolet fluorescence, thermography and chemical analyses. Among the scientists' findings: that the shroud had come into direct...
...valleys and a climate that is virtually Mediterranean. The Paarl ("pearl" in Afrikaans) region, largest of the country's vineyard areas, is at the southern-hemisphere latitude equivalent of Spain's renowned Sherry region. Visitors to Constantia, Paarl and Stellenbosch have no difficulty recalling parts of France, Italy, Bavaria, Switzerland and even California's Napa Valley...