The Senate Judiciary Committee gave a sweeping immigration bill the stamp of approval Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate before the full Senate next month.... Read more»
In Taliban country, a journalist investigates an air strike that allegedly killed dozens of civilians.... Read more»
The US embraced the World Cup, but what happens in the 4 years until the next one?... Read more»
In spice-mad Indonesia, the 2010 Chili Crisis is taking its toll.... Read more»
It’s the inner sanctum of Swiss banking — the heavily-guarded nexus between numbered Swiss bank accounts and their owner’s good names — and it’s the rare American that is allowed entry. A UBS insider blows the whistle on Swiss banking - First of 5 parts.... Read more»
Bradley Birkenfeld exuded the confidence that comes with privilege. In his role as a high-flying, cross-border banker with UBS, he moved easily among the world’s wealthiest men and women. And they were precisely who he was targeting as potential clients for UBS. Part 2 of 5.... Read more»
“Life from an economic standpoint has been a fairy tale” for Russian immigrant Igor Olenicoff, he is a fixture on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans. He settled an IRS case for $52 million in back taxes related to Swiss bank accounts. Part 3 of 5.... Read more»
Bradley Birkenfeld, who went from managing hundreds of millions of dollars in investments, now mops floors in prison. Part 5 of 5.... Read more»
In 2005, high-flying American banker Bradley Birkenfeld abruptly resigned his plum position at a Swiss bank. While it could hardly have come as a surprise to a sophisticated banker that aiding wealthy U.S. residents in shielding billions in offshore accounts skirted the law, to see the bank essentially disown that business in a formal document raised burning concerns. Part 4 of 5.... Read more»
As United States foreign policy makers wrestle about Afghanistan, three temptations must be forcefully resisted: re-asserting the U.S. commitment to winning the insurgency war against the Taliban; weakening the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing forces; and blocking local and regional efforts to negotiate a resolution.... Read more»
Although it is illegal to cultivate cannabis, it remains one of Morocco’s most lucrative sources of income. Now farmers claim that their already meager income is being dramatically reduced by authorities who demand bribes to allow the cultivation to continue.... Read more»1
For Canadians, the economic news this summer has been good. The country has regained almost all the jobs it lost since the 2008 downturn.... Read more»
Violence escalates in Gaza, as tensions heighten between Israel and Hamas.... Read more»
How the Indiana National Guard prepares contractors for the real thing.... Read more»
In the six months after 15,000 U.S., British and Afghan troops sought to evict the Taliban from Marjah in Operation Moshtarak (“Togetherness”), but the local government here is still weak. Security isn’t much better; Marine helicopters won’t land at Marjah’s district center, the seat of government, because they’ve taken fire there.... Read more»
Under a thick layer of dust in a Bogota warehouse lie goods confiscated from drug traffickers that range from fine art to just plain crap, from elephant tusks to dented bicycles.... Read more»
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