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Balkans' Pink Panther jewel thieves smash their way into myth
So let's get this straight. A guy in the raspberry business from western Serbia smashes and grabs his way through a heist eight time zones away in Tokyo and scoots off past shopping centers and sushi bars with a $31-million necklace known as the...Tags: Punishment, Arts and Culture, Balkan Peninsula, Theft, Belgrade (Serbia)
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Planning your trip to Liechtenstein
THE BEST WAY TO LIECHTENSTEIN From LAX, Swiss Air offers nonstop service to Zurich, Switzerland. Lufthansa, British Air and Air France offer connecting flights (change of planes). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $716. The 70-mile drive from...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations, Swiss Confederation, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: New Zealand, Bahamas, Armenia, Syria, U.S. Embassy
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Small European countries reign as big tax havens
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIs it any coincidence that some of the smallest countries in the world are also the world's best tax havens? Hardly. Beginning with Switzerland and Bermuda after World War I, little countries with stable governments and strong currencies but scant job-...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Germany, State Budgets, Politics, Andorra
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Liechtenstein, a principality tucked into the Alps
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn most hotel rooms, you find a little bit of sightseeing information. The room I booked at a hotel in Liechtenstein -- where tax-sheltered banking generates almost a third of the gross domestic product -- had a brochure on asset management. I didn't...Tags: Travel, Transportation, Hotels and Accommodations, Family, Swiss Confederation
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A plot both wide and thick
Times Staff WriterASTRIDE his horse, Benjamin Coates could gaze across 21,400 acres and see the sweep of his power reflected in nature. A riot of mesas and meadows laced with gurgling streams. Miles of chaparral and clusters of stately oaks. A mountain that Native...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Arts and Culture, Homes, Georgia, Rivers
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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Arts and Culture, New Zealand, Bahamas, Armenia, Syria
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