Estrada told he faces death penalty for plunder
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Former Philippines President Joseph Estrada is shortly to be charged with the capital offences of plundering state funds, giving and accepting bribes and running secret bank accounts under assumed names. He may also be charged with stealing elements of the presidential art collection.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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'Some lay down. Others begged for mercy. They did not listen.'
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At lest 16 people were killed when gunmen attacked St Dominic's Church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Observers believe that the attack is connected with events in Afghanistan.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Bin Laden and the Afghan Arabs 'holed up in mountains' as Alliance forces increase pressure
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Intelligence sources in Pakistan indicate that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden may be among more than 1,000 Afghan Arab fighters hiding in the remote eastern Tora Bora mountains close to Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Confused reports are emerging about the situation in the rest of Afghanistan.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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