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Squeeze on North Korea's money supply yields results
Times Staff WriterFor three years, the Bush administration has waged a campaign to choke off North Korea's access to the world's financial system, where U.S. officials say the nation launders money from criminal enterprises to fuel its trade in missile technology and its...Tags: Political Corruption, Law Enforcement, South Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea), Money and Monetary Policy
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CRIME WATCH: A roundup of books featuring murder, mayhem and a few sleuths
Stalking Susan By Julie Kramer Doubleday, $22.95 The television news adage "if it bleeds, it leads" is no truer than it is in Julie Kramer's dazzling debut novel "Stalking Susan," where a down-and-out Minneapolis television reporter gets hold of a...Tags: Assault, FBI, Entertainment, Death, Crime (genre)
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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Egypt, Liechtenstein, Nepal, Latvia, Government
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'Star Wars' Actor Adopts Mongolian Girl
Zap2It.comEwan McGregor, who plays Jedi mentor Ben Kenobi in the "Star Wars" prequels, has taken someone under his wing in real life. The actor and his wife Eve Mavrakis have adopted a four-year-old girl from Mongolia, reports People magazine. Besides gaining two...Tags: Family, Trips and Vacations, Beatrix Potter, Renee Zellweger, Celebrities
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Tales of the Funemployed
Los Angeles TimesMichael Van Gorkom was laid off by Yahoo in late April. He didn't panic. He didn't rush off to a therapist. Instead, the 33-year-old Santa Monica resident discovered that being jobless "kind of settled nicely." Week one: "I thought, 'OK ... I need to...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Unemployment, Costa Mesa, Travel, University of Southern California
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For the 'funemployed,' unemployment is welcome
Michael Van Gorkom was laid off by Yahoo in late April. He didn't panic. He didn't rush off to a therapist. Instead, the 33-year-old Santa Monica resident discovered that being jobless "kind of settled nicely."
Week one: "I thought, 'OK . . . I need to...Tags: Facebook, Unemployment, Trips and Vacations, Movies, Entertainment
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Leading His Flock of Refugees to Asylum
Times Staff WriterERENHOT, China -- It is their last supper together, and the shepherd has gathered his small flock of North Koreans around a table piled with steaming plates of shredded pork, rice and braised tofu. But the seven refugees are too nervous to do more than...Tags: South Korea, Railway Transportation, Farms, Cell Phones, Weaponry
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Official foreign tourist offices
Here is a list of selected government tourist offices. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234; dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist Board, (800) 553-...Tags: Egypt, Latvia, Government, Argentina, Senegal
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'The Story of the Weeping Camel'
Times Staff WriterCamels are always ready for their close-ups. Regal creatures of enormous dignity and unexpected elegance, they have considerable screen presence, the animal equivalent of star power to burn. Though humans play a prominent role in "The Story of the...Tags: Movies, Health and Medical Professionals, Ice Cream, Entertainment, Cinema Industry
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Foreign government tour offices
For tourist information on select foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the country's U.N. mission or delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist...Tags: Egypt, Latvia, Government, Senegal, Argentina
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Foreign Government Tourist Offices
Here is a list of selected government tourist offices. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234; dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. delegation. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD The...Tags: Egypt, Latvia, Government, Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Senegal
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Basically, we are all the same
Tribune staff reporterIn a beat-up refrigerator humming away in his laboratory storeroom, Ken Weiss is storing vials of human blood: the largest gene pool left of a tribe of people inexorably vanishing from the Earth. The insides of the freezer, not much different from ones...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Social Issues, Health, Yale University, Government
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