MDTA Officer Assaulted During Traffic Stop
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(US) According to authorities, a search of the vehicle revealed a stolen, loaded, .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun and a bag of suspected marijuana. (Sun Sep 07 10:50:30 2008 PDT)
Afghan tribal leader set for trial in NYC
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(US) He was branded a most-wanted drug kingpin. Four alleged large-scale traffickers from Mexico _ one the mayor of a town in the state of Puebla _ have been extradited to the city to face federal charges of smuggling hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States. (Sun Sep 07 10:50:30 2008 PDT)
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Defensive line keeps pushing forward
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(US) Even before end Maurice Evans and tackle Abe Koroma were suspended earlier this week for Saturday's game for alleged marijuana possession, tackles Phil Taylor and Chris Baker were kicked off the team and Devon Stil... (Sun Sep 07 10:35:16 2008 PDT)
UTEP professor's book details how activists, not agencies, tried to
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(US) Reports look at chances for drug-war spillover into El Paso (Sun Sep 07 10:35:16 2008 PDT)
UK: 'Drug-smuggling' Tory MP forced to eat coffee whitener - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
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(Netherlands) Where he was detained by soldiers who mistook his jar of white powder for cocaine. (Sun Sep 07 10:20:47 2008 PDT)
'With love, Charlie'
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(US) The Australian bush was leaving its mark on the Park Avenue boy," Bryant says in her book. "His hair tousled about his head, and sprigs of weeds clung to his full beard. They sampled the homegrown marijuana and wild blue mushrooms that could spark four-hour hallucinati... (Sun Sep 07 10:19:42 2008 PDT)
Afghan tribal leader set for trial in NYC
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(US) He was branded a most-wanted drug kingpin. Lured to Noorzai is set to go on trial Monday on charges he smuggled $50 million worth of heroin into the United States _ part of a current parade of prosecutions in New York City involving reputed drug lords from abroad. (Sun Sep 07 10:04:14 2008 PDT)