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UNITED STATES EUROPE Issue dated 30/01/2004

Private Olympic Diplomacy

Cities that want to host the Olympic Games used to rely on official entities to promote their cause. Now, however, they are turning to the business world to find experts - even foreign ones - to vaunt their merits. [...] (394 words)

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Abacha Case an Indictment of London

Shell’s New Lobbying Operation

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UAV's Day has Come

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LONDON IN TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES FOREFRONT

KROLL ASSOCIATES ROCKED BY CRISIS

SYED ZIAUDDIN ALI AKBAR

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