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12-10-2007, 08:44 PM
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 | The island that some say brought Russia to its knees The Billion-Dollar Shack - New York Times Nauru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Interesting article from the New York Times, very long so I won't post it. So much mafia money was laundered in this tiny Pacific island of Nauru that the journalist makes the case that it has ruined Russia, among other things.
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12-10-2007, 09:20 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Wow....
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12-10-2007, 09:55 PM
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| Better that than ww3
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12-10-2007, 09:59 PM
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| Older Than Dirt   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| I just read the whole story.... and it is quite a story. Seventy billion dollars washed clean... for a price. Wonder what would happen if a big typhoon would put that island in it's crosshairs ? Charles
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12-10-2007, 10:13 PM
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| I really was impressed an island of that size and population could be such a big factor in the global economy. Funny how things work, isn't it?
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..." Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group Matt |
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12-11-2007, 11:04 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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