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Interesting Country Name Etymologies
Afghanistan: Main article: Origins of the name Afghanistan From Afghan and the Persian suffix -stan meaning "land of"; thus: "land of the Afghans". The origin of the word Afghan itself ? which is synonymous with Pashtun ? remains uncertain. One explanation derives it from Apakan, an 8th or 9th century Iranian ruler.[citation needed] Others point out a 3rd century Sassanid reference to "Abgan", the oldest known mention of a word variant of "Afghan".[citation needed] It also appears in the inscri
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Another Interesting Observation!!!
This Chaudary case has opened up a new area for the CIR - henceforth any Tom Dick and Harry can have a payment paid into an offshore account, have a letter endorsed by the payer saying that it is a ?gift? and the CIR cannot asses it for an income tax - Chaudary?s case has set down the precedent - thats why the RBF just received so many calls over the last twenty four hours. and if you open up an offshore account and get all the money paid in to that account - thats not in breach of the Exchan
Some interesting comments from Navosavakadua
Friends of the constitution, where are you? The defence of the Illegal Government against the litigation launched by legal PM Qarase has brought forth some principles that are dangerous in the extreme. Most of all they are a danger to the people espousing them. The high priced lawyers defending the illegal government are defending illegality itself They are defending the principle that might is right, that if the person holding the office of President states that he needs to set aside any pr
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