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...world's most common currency - some €650 billion are now in circulation vs. U.S. $620 billion - but it is still comparatively unfamiliar to the people who use it both inside the E.U. and on the borders of the euro zone, where it is increasingly accepted as tender. Meanwhile, counterfeiters are gradually getting to know the security features of the new notes, says Carlo Mori, head of the Carabinieri counterfeit unit in Italy. "The longer they have to study the bills," he says, "the more insidious their falsification becomes...
...policeman, Commissioner R.S. Sharma, went on leave after he was accused by a court-appointed investigator of mishandling the case of Abdul Karim Telgi. A small-time businessman, Telgi is suspected of printing and selling counterfeit government documents, called stamp papers, that can be used as legal tender in India. Telgi's stamp-paper revenue?estimates range from $750 million to $7 billion?was a loss to the National Treasury; it allegedly ended up in his 68 bank accounts and 16 properties. A court in Bombay ordered a special investigation into the case, which found evidence that no fewer than...
...Freudenberger is after more than the easy comedy of young Americans in old Asia. She seeks the unseen forces that bind together families?both biological and artificial?no matter how far apart their individual members roam. At the orphanage where Mandy works with AIDS-afflicted children, the suddenly tender daughter hands an infant to her squeamish, confused mother, Alice, who stares back at the grown child now drifting unfathomably far from her. Those are the sudden moments of near understanding that Freudenberger captures throughout this satisfying and promising exploration of what binds us when we're untied?and footloose...
However, “Elvis” came down with the flu and Megan filled in, singing and playing his medley of Elvis classics, which included “Jailhouse Rock” and “Love Me Tender,” on the piano...
...back to the all-important subject of what I ordered: chhasha curry was an interesting test because Tibetan cuisine is as much Indian as it is Chinese—and Rangzen’s passed with flying colors. The chicken was tender and peppery, with just enough cumin, and not overwhelmed by tomatoes. It was fabulous mushed up in the rice. Langsha duluma (sliced beef fried with eggplant and ginger) was not so impressive—but consistent with the general rule not to order anything too heavy. And my favorite was chhasha chhu tsel, chicken and watercress...