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- 15 Countries Named as Potential Money-Laundering Havens
Financial Action Task Force, body created by Group of 7 wealthy countries to fight money laundering, names 15 countries and territories as potential havens for ill-gotten wealth; they are Israel, Philippines, Russia, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Dominica, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Panama, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Digicel Awarded Mobile License in Nauru
Digicel to Become Nauru's New GSM Provider When It Launches in August NAURU--(Marketwire - June 26, 2009) - Digicel, the fastest growing telecommunications operator in the Pacific, today confirmed it has been awarded a GSM license in the Republic of
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Nauru's phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium; the island was occupied by Australian forces in World War I. Upon achieving independence in 1968, Nauru became the smallest independent republic in the world; it joined the UN in 1999.
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