On 12 December 2008 certain parts of the Anti-Money Launderingand Counter Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth)("Act") will come into force. Theprovisions include Division 6 of Part 2 concerning ongoing customerdue diligence and Divisions 1 to 4 and Division 6 of Part 3 dealingwith reporting obligations. These parts are the last of theprovisions of the Act to come into force. The other provisions ...

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China's beleaguered national side has landed in Oman for a series of warm-up matches ahead of next month's Asian Cup qualifying and is lacking both confidence and discipline, according to state press.

"Some players are confident off the pitch and not on the pitch," Xinhua news agency quoted newly appointed nati...

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois '40. Raymond Massey. Over the space of 30 years, young Abraham Lincoln goes from storekeeper to backwoods lawyer to suitor to president of the United States. (NR) (2:00) TCM: Sat. 2:30 A.M. (CC)

The Absent Minded Professor '61. Fred MacMurray. The professor's latest lab explosion creates "flu...

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SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- For something so ancient, the rock face looked as content as a man who's just eaten a big slice of peach pie.

"Who made you?" I whispered. "Were you lonely when nobody came to visit for 400 years?"

That is the fascination of Angkor, the mysterious temple complex of Cambodia. As at the pyramids of Egypt or the temples of the Maya, visitors here must infer the ...

If you fly to New York from the UK there is a good chance that you will be going there anyway: Newark airport is New Jersey's main entry point. Most people head east across the Hudson river as soon as they land, but according to one local resident, John Parker, who works for the state park service, the state of New Jersey has plenty to invite people to stay: "It's an all-round state. We have ...

There are few things more dangerous in the underworld scene than a war over honor. Unlike battles for control over business (restaurants, gambling houses, the right to charge "protection money," extortion rackets and fronts for money laundering) - or struggles to establish the dominance of one crime family over another in a set geographical zone (turf wars), wars over honor are no-holds-barred ...

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This is the replacement for IBISWorld´s June 2008 edition of Other Global Gambling and Wagering report.

This Industry Market Research report from IBISWorld provides a detailed analysis of the Other Global Gambling and Wagering industry, including key growth trends, statistics, forecasts, the competitive envir...

He’s watched control of state government go from Republican red to solid Democratic blue, Barack Obama’s rise to stardom and George Ryan’s fall from grace.

He’s covered presidential conventions in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Boston and New York, made coffee runs for D.C. editors as an intern and now helps guide reporting interns as the senior state government editor in the Daily He...

Gamblers came, played and went. The recession conquered. Casinos rolled snake eyes. What a difference a year made in Nevada.

"It's almost like a perfect storm - in a bad way," said Professor Mark Nichols, an economist at the University of Nevada, Reno's Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming.

Government gaming win data shows the latest take for the casino ...