Global terror warnings target iconic US and Newark buildings
The United States warns of possible car or truck bomb attacks on iconic sites in New York Washington and Newark naming Citicorp and the New York Stock Exchange the IMF and World Bank in Washington and the Prudential building in Newark as potential targets. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said the preferred method would be vehicle bombs.
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Washington, D.C
Federalvernment
New York City
Washington
Newark
N.J
Citicorp
New Bs Stock Exchange
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Prudential
Prague blast injures tourists in gangland strike near Casino Royal
A bomb exploded beside the Casino Royal on a busy Prague restaurant street injuring at least 18 people including Americans and tourists from Britain Ireland Cyprus Bulgaria and Slovakia. Prime Minister Stanislav Gross called it a gangland attack as a child was among the wounded with injuries described as slight. The blast occurred near Wenceslas Square in the city center with many eateries.
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Prague
Czech Republic
Britain
Ireland
Cyprus
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Stanislav Gross
Marek Uhlir
Casino Royal
Wenceslas Square
Coordinated Church Bombings Hit Baghdad Mosul Churches
A series of sudden explosions targeted five churches in Baghdad and Mosul on Sunday. At least two people were killed and 38 injured as car borne devices exploded during services amid rising sectarian violence. Police and health officials named the churches and noted a third device found untriggered in Karada, Baghdad.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Yela Bolanos
Nicanor Duarte
Aristides Cabral
Baghdad
Mosul
Karada
Fawaz Fanaan
Raed Abdel Basit
Business school numbers dip as MBA demand cools nationwide
GMAC data show more than three quarters of responding programs saw applications decline last year and GMAT tests fell 7 percent from the prior year. Only executive MBAs rise, while foreign interest drops amid visa worries and competition from INSEAD London and ESADE.
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Business School
Graduate Management Admission Council
GMAC
Wharton
Harvard
Daphne Atkinson
China
India
America
Insead
France
Singapore
London Business School
Esade
Spain
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Stanford
Graduate School of Business
Atkinson
Interest in MBA degrees declining
New figures show demand for traditional two year MBA programs dropping. GMAT Worldwide June results indicate lower test takers as interest wanes in business school admissions, with about 60 000 candidates recorded.
Simon & Garfunkel headline Rome free concert crowd swells
Simon and Garfunkel closed their European Old Friends tour in Rome with a free show at the Colosseum drawing about 600000 fans Mayor Walter Veltroni said the turnout topped last year’s Paul McCartney Rome concert Everly Brothers joined for a rendition of Bye Bye Love.
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Rome
Roman Colosseum
Simon & Garfunkel
Walter Veltroni
Paul McCartney
Manchester
England
Everly Brothers
Indicted Philanthropist Sold Fake Instruments to NJ Symphony
Five of thirty rare instruments bought by the New Jersey Symphony for 17 million from Herbert Axelrod are likely not authentic. Experts say four violins and one cello misrepresented as works by Montagnana, Stradivari, or Guarneri del Gesu. The collection’s value and appraisal dispute highlight ongoing tax fraud investigations tied to Axelrod’s alleged inflated valuations. Authorities pursue possible fraudulent tax deductions as Axelrod remains in custody in Berlin awaiting extradition.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey Symphony
Star-Ledger
Pet Products
Herbert Axelrod
Axelrod
Domenico Montagnana
Antonio Stradivari
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu
Symphony
Charles Beare
Robert Bein
Chicago
Cuba
Europe
Germany
Berlin
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
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American Airlines
Fort Worth
Texas
US Airways
American
John Hotard
Iraq
ESRI
Syria
TURKE
Jordan
Iran
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Graduate Man
Sion Council
Florida
Gore
Moore
Lions Gate
Estefan
Bloomington
Michael Moore
Pantagraph
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp
Mcallen
Gloria Estefan
Miami
Emilio Estefan
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
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