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Matt Apuzzo
British Airways faces $300m antitrust fine in US
The United States Justice Department is giving Britain’s largest airline a break, even as it faces one the largest antitrust fines in years. Representatives of British Airways…
Court blocks ruling against tobacco companies
A federal appeals court blocked a landmark judgement against the tobacco industry, allowing the companies to continue selling ”light” and ”low tar” cigarettes until their appeals…
US agents seize ‘Saddam Hussein’s car’
Federal customs agents seized a Mercedes-Benz from an army reservist who said the armour-plated, bulletproofed luxury car probably belonged to Saddam Hussein. Immigration and…
A massive clean-up after a massive hurricane
The Hurricane Katrina clean-up represents the biggest waste-disposal job in United States history, dwarfing in volume the debris carted off after the World Trade Centre’s twin…
A terrorist at home and a spy overseas
As a Muslim and frequent flyer, American businessman Syed Maswood is used to being wrongly suspected as an Islamic terrorist. He’s not used to being called a United States spy in…