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  • Special Report: Money trail from Daphne murder probe stretches to China

    03/30/2021 6:48:44 PM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 13 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 29, 2021 | Staff
    A widening investigation into allegations of high-level corruption on the island of Malta, first levelled by murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, stretches to China and a $400 million investment into Europe by a Chinese state power company, Reuters has found. Caruana Galizia was murdered in October 2017 as she investigated a web of companies that she believed were funneling bribes to Maltese politicians. Now, Reuters and a consortium of journalists have traced two firms involved in that web to relatives of a senior Chinese executive for Accenture, the global consultancy firm. The executive, 43-year-old Chen Cheng from Shanghai, negotiated investments...
  • Abrams Tank Still Far From Retirement (Army Future Force)

    10/01/2004 11:59:26 AM PDT · by SLB · 34 replies · 1,608+ views
    National Defense | October 2004 | Roxana Tiron
    The battle-tested Abrams tank is poised to remain in service for at least 25 more years, or until the Army is certain that it has an adequate replacement. The tank will stay in the Army, "until we are convinced that the Future Combat Systems is going to give us better lethality," said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker. Abrams tanks will be upgraded not only so they can stay relevant for many more years but also so they can be used as test platforms for FCS, Schoomaker told National Defense following a hearing of the House Armed Services...
  • AR Hog Wild Freeper September Meeting: 4-5PM CST, Saturday, 13 SEP 03

    09/06/2003 2:13:03 PM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 6 replies · 186+ views
    Hog Wild Freepers ^ | 06 SEP 03 | dcbryan1