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He has visited Afghanistan three times and ordered more equipment, including armoured vehicles and howitzers.
ECONOMIST: Germany and Afghanistan
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He has rollers in Havana make him cigars with Pele de Oro tobacco and, in the 50-odd trips he's taken to Cuba since that drive in the country, he's ordered more and more and has had bands made for them bearing his name.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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Manufacturer Eurocopter has ordered extra safety checks and said gearboxes should be monitored more closely and at more regular intervals.
BBC: Nine Super Puma helicopters flying again after ditching
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The iPhone 5 goes on sale Sept. 21 in the U.S. Apple said this week that customers pre-ordered more than 2 million units and that demand has already outstripped its supply.
FORBES: iPhone 5 Reviewers Say Apple's New Smartphone Is "Gorgeous," "More Polished," "A Gem"
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In the scrabble to find more helicopters, it has taken over six Merlin search-and-rescue helicopters ordered by Denmark.
ECONOMIST: Choppers are vital��and hard to find
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Revenge killings used to be the norm throughout the Arabian peninsula, but now that petrodollars have brought a more ordered way of life, the custom has largely died out in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
ECONOMIST: Yemen
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The world's largest parcel carrier ordered 30 of the A300-600 planes two years ago, and has retained an option to buy 50 more.
FORBES: Focus On The Forbes 500s: UPS
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Obama has ordered the deployment of 17, 000 troops to fight the Taliban in the south and east and 4, 000 more to train Afghan troops.
CNN: Obama wants another $83 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan