Australian currency firm hired tainted Indian middleman: Report
August 15th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 15 (IANS) A Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) currency firm engaged an Indian middleman implicated in the Iraq oil-for-food scam, a revelation that can change the course of inquiry into ... Read more...
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Moneyfacing - the latest internet craze
December 9th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9 (ANI): Moneyfacing - the act of placing a banknote in front of one's face - has become the latest craze to infect the web.Netizens pass their time by photographing ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sophie Anderton caught snorting cocaine
September 23rd, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 23 (ANI): British model and reality TV star Sophie Anderton has been caught on camera snorting cocaine, just days after she publicly said she was beating her drug habit.The video ... Read more...
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Kerry slapped with police caution
August 25th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by IBNS
By Nick SamantAug 25 (IBNS) Drug shame Kerry Katona has been slapped with a police caution after she was secretly filmed snorting cocaine.Although the former I'm A Celebrity winner refused to comment ... Read more...
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90 percent of US paper money contains traces of cocaine
August 17th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 17 (ANI): In a new analysis, scientists have found traces of cocaine in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar banknote
January 16th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Harare, Jan 16 (Xinhua) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced a new family of trillion Zim-dollar banknotes in denominations of 100 trillion, 50 trillion, 20 trillion and 10 trillion that ... Read more...
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Million pound banknote to fetch PS40,000 at auction!
September 26th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 26 (ANI): A one million pound banknote, believed to be one of only two in existence, is expected to fetch 40,000 pounds, when it goes under the hammer next ... Read more...
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Magnetic ink in banknotes may make forgery detection easier
June 10th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 10 (ANI): Experts associated with UK military research company Qinetiq have come up with a new idea for detecting counterfeit currency notes just by folding them.They say that ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe issues 250 bn dollar banknote to tackle price spiral
May 6th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by admin
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Harare, May 6 (DPA) In a sign of the growing worthlessness of Zimbabwe's currency, the country's central bank Tuesday introduced two new banknotes - a 100 million Zimbabwe dollar note and a ... Read more...
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