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 | | NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The new Bahamian government will re-examine laws tightening regulation of secretive offshore banks to try to cut costs and reduce red tape, the finance minister-designate said Sunday. |
 | | Perry Christie, left, takes the oath during the swearing-in ceremony as the new Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, accompanied by the Governor-General Ivy Dumont in Nassau, Bahamas, Friday, May 3, 2002. |
 | | The Progress Liberal Party government, elected in a landslide on Thursday, "recognizes the need for the Bahamas to meet international standards," said the minister, James Smith. |
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