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Some needy denizens of Milan will be served a rare delicacy this holiday season, after Italian customs officials seized around 88 pounds of beluga caviar from smugglers trying to sneak it in from Poland and donated their loot—worth over half a million dollars—to feed the ...
BBC NEWS | Europe | Milan poor to get seized caviar
BBC NEWS | Europe | Milan poor to get seized caviar
news.bbc.co.uk — Beluga caviar seized by Italian customs officers is to be distributed to poor people in Milan as... a Christmas gift. About 40kg (88lb) of caviar was confiscated in November after two couriers travelling from Poland were stopped with the hidden cargo. ... (more) BBC NEWS | Europe | Milan poor to get seized caviar
348 - An Imperial Palimpsest on Poland’s Electoral Map
strangemaps.wordpress.com — “Your map showing the electoral divide in Ukraine (#343) is quite interesting, and put me in mind... of a similar one that I saw last year, that prompted me do a bit of map research,” writes David G.D. Hecht. “If you look at the ... (more) 348 - An Imperial Palimpsest on Poland’s Electoral Map
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The Hollywood Liberal — ... will be served a rare delicacy this holiday season, after Italian customs officials seized about 88 pounds of beluga caviar from smugglers trying to sneak it in from Poland. The loot—worth over half a million dollars—was donated to feed the Milanese poor. BBC: Beluga caviar is the most expensive variety of the delicacy. Countries have tried to crack down on illegal trading of caviar after more than 600 tonnes of it were traded in the EU between 1998 and 2004. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries [image] [image] Milgram Experiment Revisited A ...

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