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The secret for success of Chinese who are in foreign lands is guanxi or the network of communal support and assistance to “brothers”, especially from big brothers who made it big in the community.  A natural survival and racial mechanism to help one another with friendly discounted prices!

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It was 28 years ago when Fr. Rosaleo “Rudy” Romano, CSsR, a human rights advocate, vanished from the face of the earth without a trace.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135364 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1674851 [AuthorName] => Rene F. Antiga [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 962686 [Title] => Top fugitive Italian cocaine boss nabbed in Bogota [Summary] =>

A fugitive Italian organized crime boss who prosecutors allege arranged monthly shipments of tons of South American cocaine to Europe and was one of the world's most powerful drug brokers, has been captured in a Bogota, Colombia, shopping mall, Italian and Colombian authorities said yesterday.

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Next time 13 people are killed, whether they are considered bad guys or not, lawmen may want to preserve the site, then take photos or video footage before anything is disturbed.

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Italian police have arrested the brother of the Sicilian Mafia's one-time top boss in another blow to Cosa Nostra on the island.

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There are a half dozen words for drug cartel informants, and double that for drug war dead. "Narco" has become a general prefix. The trend has people worrying that Mexico is developing a kind of offhand jargon that anesthetizes people by making escalating violence seem routine.

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ROME (AP) – Even before all the debris from Italy's latest devastating earthquake is cleaned up, investigators fear that organized crime is poised to profit from contracts worth billions of dollars to rebuild schools, hospitals, courthouses and homes.

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ROME (AP) – An alleged Mafia boss who was caught on wiretaps purportedly discussing Cosa Nostra's new hierarchy hanged himself in a Sicilian jail hours after his arrest, police said yesterday. State radio said he used his belt.

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ROME  (AP) – Italian police staged sweeping raids yesterday to arrest about 90 suspected mobsters and prevent the hobbled Sicilian Mafia from forming a new command structure and strategy, authorities said.

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The secret for success of Chinese who are in foreign lands is guanxi or the network of communal support and assistance to “brothers”, especially from big brothers who made it big in the community.  A natural survival and racial mechanism to help one another with friendly discounted prices!

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It was 28 years ago when Fr. Rosaleo “Rudy” Romano, CSsR, a human rights advocate, vanished from the face of the earth without a trace.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135364 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1674851 [AuthorName] => Rene F. Antiga [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 962686 [Title] => Top fugitive Italian cocaine boss nabbed in Bogota [Summary] =>

A fugitive Italian organized crime boss who prosecutors allege arranged monthly shipments of tons of South American cocaine to Europe and was one of the world's most powerful drug brokers, has been captured in a Bogota, Colombia, shopping mall, Italian and Colombian authorities said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-07 02:06:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1324294 [AuthorName] => Frances D'Emilio [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 894884 [Title] => Cops vs cops [Summary] =>

Next time 13 people are killed, whether they are considered bad guys or not, lawmen may want to preserve the site, then take photos or video footage before anything is disturbed.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701357 [Title] => Italy nabs brother of Mafia 'boss of bosses' Riina [Summary] =>

Italian police have arrested the brother of the Sicilian Mafia's one-time top boss in another blow to Cosa Nostra on the island.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-01 16:09:12 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 676010 [Title] => Mexico battles proliferation of drug language [Summary] =>

There are a half dozen words for drug cartel informants, and double that for drug war dead. "Narco" has become a general prefix. The trend has people worrying that Mexico is developing a kind of offhand jargon that anesthetizes people by making escalating violence seem routine.

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ROME (AP) – Even before all the debris from Italy's latest devastating earthquake is cleaned up, investigators fear that organized crime is poised to profit from contracts worth billions of dollars to rebuild schools, hospitals, courthouses and homes.

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ROME (AP) – An alleged Mafia boss who was caught on wiretaps purportedly discussing Cosa Nostra's new hierarchy hanged himself in a Sicilian jail hours after his arrest, police said yesterday. State radio said he used his belt.

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ROME  (AP) – Italian police staged sweeping raids yesterday to arrest about 90 suspected mobsters and prevent the hobbled Sicilian Mafia from forming a new command structure and strategy, authorities said.

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