Posted by Matt in July 19th, 2008 |
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Published in
Crime,
Authorities,
Disguise,
empire,
Gold,
Investigations,
Mafia,
Metalor,
Money,
Odd,
Recipient,
Scandal,
South Africa,
Subsidiary,
Swiss Bank Accounts,
Swiss Law,
Switzerland,
Ubs
The Mafia are ingeniously silver-plating their glimmering stash of South Africa’s stolen gold. The disguise has allowed them to launder money in Swiss bank accounts. Investigations finger top Swiss Bank — UBS, and its subsidiary Metalor, who is the proven recipient of the ‘odd gold’. So shouldn’t Metalor have informed the authorities? Technically they’ve so [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Published in
Oil,
American Oil,
Brazil,
Cambridge Associates,
Cambridge Energy Research Associates,
Double Trouble,
Economist,
Economy,
Energy Information Administration,
Energy Research,
International Energy Agency,
Libya Oil,
Oil Inventories,
Oil Minister,
Oil Price,
Paris,
Price Of Grain,
Price Of Oil,
Scandal,
Senate Judiciary Committee,
Senator Joe Liberman,
Shokri Ghanem,
Speculators,
Unexpected Fall,
Viewswire
THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel—or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over [...]
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Posted by Matt in March 27th, 2008 |
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Published in
Europe,
Islam,
Allah,
Amsterdam,
Cartoon Of The Prophet,
Cartoon Of The Prophet Muhammad,
Collage,
Cue,
Danish Cartoon,
Danish Cartoonist,
Dark Visions,
Distorted Images,
Geert Wilders,
Ian Buruma,
Islam,
koran,
Missionary,
Muslims,
Pamphlet,
Political Protest,
Politics,
Scandal
“Allah is happy when non-muslims get killed”Â
It is a pamphlet, a makeshift collage of horrific and distorted images of Islam. Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has published his feared video critical of the Koran on the Internet. It has already been met with criticism, while a Danish cartoonist objects to the use of his now-famous [...]
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