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GIESBEEK, NETHERLANDS (AFP) – Angler Mark Kouwenhoven grins as he wades into what’s left of a dried-up Dutch lake where his colleagues are throwing slime-coated fish into buckets. It’s not the kind of catch they’re used to – but that’s because this time they’re helping the government to save the fish from the drought gripping […]
Is heading for catastrophe. the un estimates that around 23 million people, over half the afghan population, face an acute shortage of food. that's a rise of nearly 40% since april this year. international aid, which has been keeping the economy afloat, has all but dried up, as world leaders consider their approach to the taliban regime. as the bbc�*s yogita limaye reports, some families have reached the point where they're selling their children to make ends meet. her report from the western city of herat contains distressing detail from the start. this is what starvation does to a country....
The defense rests without calling any witnesses. what do you make of that. >> reporter: well, it's consistent with what they say, rick gates committed these crimes and paul manafort didn't know about it. so they're saying that the prosecution didn't meet their burden beyond a reasonable doubt that manafort committed these crimes. so, they're going to weave in all of the documentary evidence some of which the jury has season and some it has not seen, to paint a picture of paul manafort making millions and millions of dollars, hiding it in shell companies. funneling it to furnish his lavish life...
Me. dan, how crucial is it for mueller here? >> it's important for the legitimacy of the investigation because of all the attacks that have, you know, been levied against him. i think, as you point out, in the lead-up here, this trial is not related to russia and it's not related to the russia investigation. but there are some things that we might be able to glean from the trial that do relate to that russia investigation. >> such as? >> including who manafort was dealing with, what russian officials he was dealing with, what relationships he has. we know about constantine calominik. we know h...
Floors. but most of this giant building is empty. as if that's not bad enough they spent $32 million on two other parking garages next door which they also defaulted on that also aren't being used. throw in a couple of other pet projects, and all told, stockton wracked up a pretty hefty bill. they decided to pay for it the old-fashioned way. they borrowed for it. by issuing municipal bonds to cover the costs of the projects. but when the housing bubble burst, the tax revenue they were counting on dried up, and stockton found itself unable to pay back the loans. you know, it's interesting becau...