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Drug Trafficking

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Name: Drug Trafficking

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

European Union

EU urges Afghan president to turn commitments into action

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe European Union on Thursday welcomed the commitments made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his inauguration speech and urged him to turn ... [People's Daily Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Hamid Karzai, Drug Trafficking, LinkedIn Corp

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Karzai promises to end cronyism and graft era in Afghanistan

Promising Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity during his second term, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said that his administration would move beyond the cronyism and graft of the past five years.Speaking ... [FreshNews.in - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Cronyism, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Corruption

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Waiting to see if Karzai will deliver

Imagine the second wedding of an elderly, slightly embarrassing uncle. Friends and family members show up but there is little celebration. The mood is sober. The speeches are serious. No one thinks to bring a present or raise a toast. Most of the guests ... [Times Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Immediate Response, Afghanistan, Drug Trafficking

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

UN chief congratulates Afghan President

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reaffirmed the commitment of the United Nations to support Afghanistans progress towards peace, stability and development, as he congratulated Hamid Karzai on his inauguration as President for a second term. He welcomes ... [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, United Nations, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Vuk Jeremic

France and Serbia sign policing accord

(AFP) - France and Serbia signed a policing accord on Wednesday, opening the way to further security ties. The agreement covers a number of areas including organised crime, the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking, according to the French interior ... [Tocqueville Connection - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Serbia, France, Ivica Dačić, Vuk Jeremic, Ratko Mladic

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Viktor Ivanov

Afghan drug trafficking from Iran to Russia intensified

MOSCOW, November 19 (Itar-Tass) - Director of the Federal Service for Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Circulation Viktor Ivanov notes that the Afghan drug trafficking from Iran with further smuggling to the North Caucasus had intensified. ... [Itar Tass - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Drug Trafficking, Iran, Viktor Ivanov, Russia

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Colombia-Venezuela divide widens

Colombia has accused Venezuela of blowing up two pedestrian bridges that link the countries.Gabriel Silva, Colombia's defence minister, said uniformed men, allegedly from the Venezuelan army, blew up the bridges that cross into Colombia's Norte de Santander ... [Al Jazeera - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Colombia, Venezuela, Bogota, Mónica Villamizar, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Weird

Crumbs! Baguette leads to malfunction of Hadron Collider The massive machine at the centre of the world's biggest scientific experiment has malfunctioned again - derailed by a bit of bread dropped by a bird. The Hadron Collider, buried 100m under the ... [Sunday Observer - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Encumbrance, Nomura's jellyfish, Anthony Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Saudi convicted, beheaded

A Saudi man was executed on Thursday near Riyadh after being convicted of murdering his sister, the interior ministry announced.The ministry, in a statement carried by the official SPA agency, did not give details on the murder or the motivations of the ... [iafrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Riyadh, Murder, Saudi Arabia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

$1m in drugs seized at the airport

Customs officers have cracked two drug trafficking cases at the airport, seizing 1.2kg of heroin and 2.56kg of cannabis worth $1.256 million. Officers stopped a 26-year-old woman arriving from Kuala Lumpur last night and found a packet of heroin worth ... [ISD.gov.hk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Drug Trafficking, Cannabis, Heroin (Diacetylmorphine)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Two criminal gang leaders jailed

Two senior members of one of the country's biggest criminal gangs have been sentenced to 12 and 14 years in prison after they were caught overseeing the delivery of over ¬2m worth of drugs. William Hynes and John Mangan were key figures in the organised ... [RTE Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Criminal, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Bail

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Afghanistan 'Cannot Advance on Words Alone'

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated for a second term on Thursday.After a controversial election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was finally sworn in for his second term this week. The high-ranking Western diplomats who attended the inauguration ... [Spiegel Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Guido Westerwelle, NATO, Corruption

Quotes

...and those linked to war crimes, anyone who is involved in drug trafficking, and anyone who has even been involved in corruption and bribery. "Karzai has said he wants Afghan forces to take the lead from the NATO-led troops in securing Afghanistan in five years' time."

U.S. Speaker Says Afghan Leader 'Unworthy Partner' [Radio Free Europe - 6 hours ago]

"This has been a heavy blow against drug trafficking - the five Hondurans were carrying in their boat more than 2,400 kilos (5,286 lbs.) of drugs, as well as fuel" Capt. Roger Gonzalez said

Nicaraguan navy seizes 2.5 tons of cocaine [Individual.com - 22 hours ago]

...it's the most repressive," says Roselyn Costantino, a Pennsylvania State University professor who studies violence against women in the region. "The country is out of control right now with [drug trafficking and violence, and women are often the innocent ones caught in between."

Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women [Christian Science Monitor - 11/20/2009]

"Hamid Karzai is a clever man. He knows there is no alternative to having him as the Afghan president. He also knows exactly what his guests want to hear and he delivered that in his speech. His regime will fight against corruption and drug trafficking and in five years Afghanistan's own security forces will be able to guarantee peace to the Afghan people. But Karzai's speech-making means nothing. His nation cannot advance on words alone. This president has already led Afghanistan for eight years and he himself is responsible for the sad state of affairs."

Afghanistan 'Cannot Advance on Words Alone' [Spiegel Online - 11/20/2009]

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Saudi man executed for killing sister [Maktoob Business - 19 hours ago]
Women in Black March on Ciudad Juarez [New America Media - 21 hours ago]
Nicaraguan navy seizes 2.5 tons of cocaine [Individual.com - 22 hours ago]
Members of Mexican drug cartel's Chicago cell i... [Xinhua News Agency - 22 hours ago]
French navy ship to visit St. Thomas -- [Virgin Islands Daily News - 23 hours ago]
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of w... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/20/2009]
Peruvian gang killed people for fat: police [South China Morning Post - 11/20/2009]
Convicted felon in US, Gilani changed name to h... [Times of India - 11/20/2009]
Iranian institute and Russian festival team up ... [Tehran Times - 11/20/2009]
US Department of State: Interview With Indira L... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]
Guyana urges the FAO to support the Caribbean A... [United Nations Multimedia - 11/20/2009]
Venezuela blows up two bridges along Colombia b... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Morocco: War on Press Continues [Global Voices Online - 11/20/2009] The Moroccan authorities are ratcheting up their attacks on independent journalists. A week rarely passes without the authorities hitting hard on the press for alleged ...
Yurgens: A Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is no... [Robert Amsterdam - 11/20/2009] Buried down at the bottom of this blog post attacking Obama's Russia policy (mostly just picking on Joe Biden - it is the National Journal after all), are some interesting ...
Karzai's Second Chance (liberal catnip) [Progressive Bloggers - 11/19/2009] Via The Independent: Karzai set to sacrifice lambs, not wolves Afghanistan's beleaguered President Hamid Karzai makes his inauguration speech tomorrow [Thursday], ...
Yoani Sanchez: Presidemt Obama's Answers to My ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009] As I reported yesterday, I submitted seven questions to the American president, Barack Obama. He kindly took the time to respond; following are the ...
President Obama’s Responses to Yoani Sanchez’s ... [Generation Y - 11/19/2009] Thank you for this opportunity to exchange views with you and your readers in Cuba and around the world and congratulations on receiving the Maria Moore Cabot ...

Audio/Video

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The worst thing about President Karzai's brothe... [Slate Magazine - 10/28/2009]
Pregnant British woman gets life [Reuters Video: Top News - 06/03/2009]
Obama Targets Drug Cartels [Portfolio.com: Videos - 04/17/2009]
Obama lays out his plans for Afghanistan. [Slate Magazine - 03/28/2009]

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