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THE RETURN OF MR POLLY PECK Before the collapse of his 2.5bn empire amid fraud claims, Asil Nadir had mistresses, Cabinet ministers and royals eating out of his hand. Now, ten years after he fled to Cyprus to escape justice, the Polly Peck boss tells the Mail why he's ready to come back
Daily Mail; 9/13/2003; DAVID JONES; 2395 words
; ASIL NADIR greets me with an unctuous smile, shakes ... is delicious. Ten years have passed since Nadir, once the most vibrant and charismatic tycoon ... comfort of my hotel (one of several which Nadir owned before Polly Peck International, his ...
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Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran.(Book review)
Middle East Quarterly; 6/22/2007; Rubin, Michael; 466 words
; Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran. By Ernest ... Florida, 2006. 150 pp. $55. In the early eighteenth century, Nadir Shah tore like a whirlwind across the Iranian plateau. The Safavid Empire, which had ruled Iran since 1501, had fractured. Nadir Shah picked up the pieces and, in a series ...
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Fugitive Nadir paid pounds 200m of firm's cash into secret accounts in Cyprus Investigation: `IoS' obtains regulator's report revealing true scale of 1980s fraud
The Independent on Sunday; 9/7/2003; Jason Nisse, Pelin Turgut and David Randall; 1000 words
; Asil Nadir personally transferred nearly pounds 200m ... obtained by The Independent on Sunday. Mr Nadir fled the UK in 1993, leaving on a light aircraft ... stuck with flags marking the spread of the Nadir empire. But an independent investigation ...
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Turk votes for Christmas Asil Nadir is to return from his Cyprus bolthole to face decade-old theft charges. But his hopes of a quick resolution seem optimistic, says Damian Reece
The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/7/2003; Damian Reece; 1023 words
; For Asil Nadir the years of sun-drenched exile in the Turkish ... last, to face his prosecutors in court. Nadir fled the country in 1993 after the collapse ... the Manchester lawyer trying to facilitate Nadir's return. "He still has ambitions. He still ...
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PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY: Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran
The Middle East Journal; 1/1/2007; Floor, Willem; 911 words
; PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid ... very slim book is not a biography of Nadir Shah, although the latter's career is ... issues that were the principal focus of Nadir Shah's diplomatic efforts during his ...
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A pretty mess for Nadir. (Polly Peck International, Asil Nadir) (company profile)
The Economist (US); 10/6/1990; 919 words
; A pretty mess for Nadir IS POLLY PECK a Guinness or a British & Commonwealth ... entrepreneurial conglomerate built up by Mr Asil Nadir, was the most successful share-tip of the 1980s ... packaging and exporting fruit from Cyprus, but Mr Nadir also led the company into electronics, hotels and ... the shares. Two ...
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Predicting Simultaneous Nadir Overpasses among Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites for the Intersatellite Calibration of Radiometers
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; 4/1/2004; Cao, Changyong; Weinreb, Michael; Xu, Hui; 3922 words
; ... for accurately predicting simultaneous nadir overpasses (SNOs) among different sun-synchronous ... satellites view the earth and its atmosphere at nadir within a few seconds of each other, providing ... accurately predicting the simultaneous nadir overpasses (SNOs) of two earth-orbiting ...
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All the world loves a winner. (the collapse of Asil Nadir's fortune)
The Middle East; 7/1/1993; 926 words
; FOR MOST OF THE 1980s TURKISH CYPRIOT Asil Nadir was the golden boy of British business. It seemed he could do no wrong. His face was constantly in the news, associated with all the right people and at all ... exchange. The new decade, however, saw a turnabout in Nadir's fortunes and Polly Peck eventually ...
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Fugitive Nadir paid pounds 200m of firm's cash into secret accounts in Cyprus; Investigation: `IoS' obtains regulator's report revealing true scale of 1980s fraud.(News)
The Independent on Sunday (London, England); 9/7/2003; Nisse, Jason; 1007 words
; ... Nisse, Pelin Turgut and David Randall Asil Nadir personally transferred nearly pounds 200m ... obtained by The Independent on Sunday. Mr Nadir fled the UK in 1993, leaving on a light ... stuck with flags marking the spread of the Nadir empire. But an independent investigation ...
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Pilot faces jail for helping Nadir Serious Fraud Office still has warrant out
The Independent - London; 8/4/1998; Pat Clarke; 876 words
; ... jail for helping fugitive businessman Asil Nadir flee from British justice to a champagne ... As Dimond was found guilty of helping Nadir, the Serious Fraud Office confirmed it ... ever returned to British jurisdiction. Nadir faces charges of theft and false accounting ...
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