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...paying $39,000 for his Mercedes, getting $15,000 in help from his dad plus a $6,000 "diplomatic" discount by falsely claiming that his father was the car's owner. He later shipped the vehicle to his native Ghana, again using his father's diplomatic status to avoid paying $14,000 in customs duties...
WINNERS: Celebrity wedding planners. Not only would they help avoid dustups like this, but they also could have had a quiet word with Downey about those shoes...
...trip down Canal was surreal; we floated over one of the city's main arteries, the murky water varying in depth from inched to more than 10 feet. At times we found ourselves paddling over the tops of pickup trucks. Looking down into the muck to avoid hitting cars and up to maneuver around low hanging power lines and tree branches, we came upon a flatboat filled with law enforcement officials, who were skeptical about our presence, but reluctantly allowed us to continue. Above us a steady stream of helicopters circled, patrolling the area from...
...rivals. Coffee, one of the country's biggest exports, was also a casualty of that massacre. For Michigan State University professor Dan Clay, a specialist in Third World agricultural development, rebuilding Rwanda's coffee industry proved a double-edged challenge: how to get the industry on its feet yet avoid the commodity trap that dooms many farmers to subsistence living in a world where coffee is abundant...
...particularly pleasant place during the summer. It's a steambath, and when the occasional typhoon blows through, it will rain for three days nonstop. Many of the streets simply reek as garbage rots in the oppressive heat. Most people, if they have a choice, try to avoid Shanghai this time of year...