Saudi banker indicted in $300 million Bank fraud case
Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz and an associate are indicted in New York for defrauding Bank of Credit and Commerce International customers of $300 million. Morgenthau notes extradition is unlikely though Mahfouz owns property across New York Florida and Texas.
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Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Khalid bin Mahfouz
National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Mahfouz
Florida
Texas
Demonstrators Demand De Klerk Resignation in South Africa
In Johannesburg about 4000 protesters urged President F W de Klerk to quit. Police used tear gas and buckshot. seven protesters were mildly injured. The Congress of South African Trade Unions called a nationwide strike for August 3 to aid the ANC. In Dakar the O A U condemned South African violence and urged a U N Security Council meeting.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
F.W. de Klerk
Red Cross
Congress of South African
African National Congress
Dakar
Senegal
Organization of African Unity
U.N. Security Council
Havel backs interim government for Czech Slovak split
President Vaclav Havel met with rival Czech and Slovak leaders to approve a caretaker federal government aimed at a peaceful divorce by year end. Jan Strasky named prime minister with ten-member cabinet evenly split Czech and Slovak. Parliaments votes follow with re election bid for Havel facing Slovak opposition.
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Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
Havel
Jan Strasky
Food and medicine reach besieged Sarajevo as aid planes arrive
Relief flights deliver 30 tons of military rations to Sarajevo while French U N reinforcements secure the airport. European Community plans six planes to ferry in food blankets and tents as Washington marshals relief flights without sending combat forces.
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European Community
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