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The govern- ment had wisely introduced a Petroleum Revenue Manage- ment Act and an accompanying Ghana Stabilisation Fund, os- tensibly to prevent the country falling victim to the resource curse.

But because, or at least os- tensibly because, Aventine either couldn't or wouldn't pay Glacial any part of the $900,000 that Aventine owed it, Gla- cial refused to pay Aventine the $700,000-or indeed any- thing, while continuing to use the railcars Aventine had transferred to it.

Sun Microsystems' ebullient CEO passed through London last week en route from the Telecom 99 in Geneva, and took time out to, os tensibly, share his view of our internet future with a small group of interested reporters.