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Abedi had been approached about buying it as early as 1977, but by this time BCCI's reputation in the United States was so poor that it could not hope to buy an American bank on its own ( as mentioned above, the OCC was adamantly opposed to BCCI being allowed to buy its way into the American banking industry ).
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Abedi, a prolific banker, had previously set up the United Bank of Pakistan in 1959.
They had a relationship with Abedi dating back to his days at United Bank.
A few weeks after the seizure, on July 29, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced that a Manhattan grand jury had indicted BCCI, Abedi and Naqvi on twelve counts of fraud, money laundering and larceny.
On November 15, BCCI, Abedi and Naqvi were indicted on federal charges that it had illegally bought control of another American bank, Independence Bank of Los Angeles, using Saudi businessman Ghaith Pharaon as the puppet owner.
In 1972, Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani banker who had set up a new bank called Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ), approached Zayed for investment.
Abedi had previously set up the United Bank of Pakistan in 1959, which, by 1971, had become a leading nationalized ( publicly-owned ) bank.
Former Olympique de Marseille midfielder Abedi Pele was on target with a stunning goal early in the first half and, after Vincent Guérin had equalised for Europe just before half-time, it was the 1998 African Player of the Year, Mustapha Hadji, who struck Africa ’ s 78th-minute winner in the 2-1 win.
Abedi and been
The guilty verdict attracted fines and suspensions of Abedi and others, but these have been quashed by the Appeals Committee of the Football Association after determining that there were irregularities in the initial judgement < ref name =" Appeals Decision ">
Yox is also the name of the rapper Young Yox, also known as Aseal Abedi, who has been a viral sensation on youtube.
Abedi and early
Habib Nafisi, the founder of Tehran polytechnic, Dr. Abedi became the president of the university for a few months until Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, the principal at the renowned Alborz Highschool, was appointed president of AUT early in 1963.
Abedi and by
The Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier.
Abedi was succeeded by Swaleh Naqvi as the bank's chief who, in the aftermath following controversy over BCCI, was replaced by Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry in the late 1990s.
" Experimental " ethnographies that reveal the ferment of the discipline include Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man by Michael Taussig, Debating Muslims by Michael F. J. Fischer and Mehdi Abedi, A Space on the Side of the Road by Kathleen Stewart, and Advocacy after Bhopal by Kim Fortun.
The changes resulted in parallel Golden Ball awards given out to Abedi Pelé and George Weah in 1993 and 1994 by the magazine although the CAF sponsored awards for those years were won respectively by Rashidi Yekini and Emmanuel Amuneke.
Abedi and BCCI's
BCCI's founder, Agha Hasan Abedi, started the bank in 1972.
Abedi and United
Abedi Pele went on to sign a 2 year contract with Al Ain Club in the United Arab Emirates and was nominated as one of the best foreign players to play in the UAE league.
Abedi and was
There was rigid compartmentalization ; the 248 managers and general managers reported directly to Abedi and the CEO Swaleh Naqvi.
Ghanaian midfielder Abedi " Pelé " Ayew, who scored three goals, was named the best player of the tournament after his contributions helped Ghana reach the final ; he was, however, suspended for that match and Ghana lost to Côte d ' Ivoire in a penalty shootout that saw each side make 11 attempts to determine the winner.
Abedi Ayew was born into a family in a small village called Kyebi near Dome at the northern outskirts of Accra.
Abedi Pele was one of the pioneers of African football in Europe.
His native Ghana reached the finals of the Cup that year, only to lose on penalties in the final to Côte d ' Ivoire after Abedi was suspended because of a Yellow card he received in the Semi-final match against Nigeria.
Abedi was the only remaining member of the trio still with the side when Marseille defeated Milan in the 1993 UEFA Champions League Final in Munich.
He was involved in deals with notable BCCI luminaries Agha Hasan Abedi, Mochtar Riady and Ghaith Pharaon
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He also appeared in FIFA Street 2, with legends like Paul Gascoigne, Hans Krankl, Abedi Pelé and Carlos Alberto, FIFA 08, FIFA 09 and FIFA Street 3 ( in the " Classic XI " for the first two, and the " Classics " in the latter ).
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If he had married her, he'd have been asking for trouble.
They had been seen as soon as they left the ranch, picked out of the darkness by the weary though watchful eyes of two men posted a few hundred yards away in the windless shelter of the trees.
They greeted the news angrily, as though they had been cheated of purpose.
With every leaping stride of the horse beneath him he crossed one more patch of earth that had been his, that he would never see again.
He had been carrying an Enfield rifle and a holstered navy cap-and-ball pistol.
But the luck that had been running their way left him.
His shout had been taken up and repeated.
A sizable supply of powder had been touched off.
The worst part had been the waiting ; ;
The war captain had been badly wounded and was fighting to hold his seat.
And one had been too many.
That afternoon when they had pulled up in front of the broken-down ranch house, his hopes had been high.
The place had been cheap -- just the little he had left after Amelia's burial -- and it would serve its purpose.
I had for some time been hoping, in vain, for one of the dim figures to pass between the fan vents and myself.
Although I had been inside it I had not yet seen it functioning.
No one was behind it, but in the rear wall of the office I noticed, for the first time, a door which had been left partially open.
He had been worried that with Miller and Rankin added to the escape party they would be short.
He had been one of the original Night Riders, one who had escaped the trial.
He had been the auditor for the mining syndicate, and he had stolen fifty thousand dollars of the syndicate's money.
Then the vein had petered out and the whole project had been abandoned.
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