The Singapore connection: telecoms in the Philippines
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Singapore Telecom International is poised to challenge the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co monopoly after buying a 27% interest in Globe Telecom. Filipino telephone service is notorious, with a 5-year installation waiting list and only 1.7 phones per hundred people.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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The Afghan connection
Article Abstract:
Egypt allowed the FBI to extradite Mahmoud Abu-Halima, a suspect in the World Trade Center bombing, after Egyptian Pres Husnni Mubarak met with Pres Clinton to discuss Muslim terrorism. Investigations suggest Muslims backed by Afghanistan may have planned the bombing.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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