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2008-08-30 Africa Subsaharan

Zimbabwe swimmer gets suitcase full of cash from Mugabe

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Posted by john frum 2008-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 So what's that in real money - minus 54 cents?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-08-30 01:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-08-30 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 If she spends it quickly, she might be able to buy herself a cup of coffee.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2008-08-30 01:36|| 2008-08-30 01:36|| Front Page Top

#3 It was a suitcase full of (probably) genuine United States greenbacks. One hundred thousand dead presidents.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-08-30 02:45|| 2008-08-30 02:45|| Front Page Top

#4 She was given the money, worth £54,890, in a suitcase by the governor of the central bank.

If I was Zimbabwian, I would be very worried that my Central Bank Governor is comfortable delivering large amounts of US money in suitcases....

Posted by john frum 2008-08-30 07:49|| 2008-08-30 07:49|| Front Page Top

#5 is expected to return to her home in the United States

That is all.

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-30 08:04|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-08-30 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 If you were Zimbabwian, John, you'd expect it.

Posted by Darrell 2008-08-30 10:59|| 2008-08-30 10:59|| Front Page Top

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