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...Attorney in St. Louis - where the undercover investigation began when a Western Union office reported to the feds that customers were sending large sums of cash to offshore gambling services - accused BETonSPORTS founder Gary Kaplan, 47, of tax evasion, and issued a warrant for his arrest. The firm was also ordered to suspend sports betting from the U.S., and return money held by its U.S. account holders. The company said it was reviewing the indictment, and has since shut down its website, BETonSPORTS.com...
...American dollars, are now only spitting out the brightly colored pounds, a sign that those who could have already fled - and took their hard currency with them. I took out 1 million pounds today, about $670, but I worry about how long that will last. Even the Western Union is unable to give out dollars...
...wonder that from the moment Olmert chose Peretz, a Moroccan-born ex-union leader, as Defense Minister earlier this year, questions arose about his qualifications; like Olmert himself, Peretz lacked the military command experience almost all Israeli political leaders have possessed. Defense wasn't even the cabinet position he wanted. Last fall, he defeated Shimon Peres for Labour's top post and pulled his party out of Sharon's coalition, forcing Sharon to call new elections. Peretz tried to leverage Labour's second-place finish into a prominent cabinet post. He wanted Finance, but had to settle for Defense...
...tuna caught in the Mediterranean has soared in just a few years. Indeed, it tripled between the summer of 2002 and late last year, according to a report last November by Advanced Tuna Ranching Technologies (ATRT), a consultancy firm in Madrid. Why? Blame the worldwide taste for sushi. European Union fishing subsidies haven't helped, either - they enable fishermen to buy new boat engines, the better to compete against the high-tech fleets that have set up in the Mediterranean. Many Spanish and French fishing companies have used the subsidies to overhaul their fleets, installing sonar systems and new engines...
...aspect of the unfolding crisis in the Middle East isn't how many actors are jumping in. It's who is opting to stay out. Hamas, Hizballah and Israel are directly involved; Iran and Syria by proxy; Lebanon against its will. The U.N. is dispatching its mediators; the European Union is contemplating doing the same. But the U.S., despite colossal strategic stakes, threats to its own security, potential repercussions in Iraq, not to mention staggering loss of life, remains on the sidelines. The world's sole superpower is also its only no-show...