Jul. 20th, 2007

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Jul. 20th, 2007 05:44 am
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Jul. 20th, 2007 05:44 am
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Какой стране для каких целей нужен Мануэль Норьега:

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -- captured by U.S. forces in a 1989 invasion of Panama, Noriega was later convicted in a Miami court on multiple charges of drug trafficking and racketeering. He is due to be released on September 9 but it is not clear where he will be sent.

Panama says it wants him to serve his sentence for ordering the 1985 torture-slaying of Hugo Spadafora, a prominent opponent, but France wants him extradited to serve a 10-year jail term there for laundering money through French banks.

Само собой разумеется, he was initially a strong ally of the United States and worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from the late 1950s to 1986.
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Какой стране для каких целей нужен Мануэль Норьега:

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -- captured by U.S. forces in a 1989 invasion of Panama, Noriega was later convicted in a Miami court on multiple charges of drug trafficking and racketeering. He is due to be released on September 9 but it is not clear where he will be sent.

Panama says it wants him to serve his sentence for ordering the 1985 torture-slaying of Hugo Spadafora, a prominent opponent, but France wants him extradited to serve a 10-year jail term there for laundering money through French banks.

Само собой разумеется, he was initially a strong ally of the United States and worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from the late 1950s to 1986.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.

"We are still investigating which organization they were with, and why they were traveling to Kandahar."

Мы должны немедленно их освободить, и сурово покарать похитителей!!!
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KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.

"We are still investigating which organization they were with, and why they were traveling to Kandahar."

Мы должны немедленно их освободить, и сурово покарать похитителей!!!
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Что на заглавной странице журнала-то написано: We are a million! To celebrate registration of a millionth user in its Cyrillic segment, LiveJournal would like to etc. etc. Ничего не напоминает? Правильно!!! 1998 год, акция ICQ - нас миллион.
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Что на заглавной странице журнала-то написано: We are a million! To celebrate registration of a millionth user in its Cyrillic segment, LiveJournal would like to etc. etc. Ничего не напоминает? Правильно!!! 1998 год, акция ICQ - нас миллион.
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal grand jury is investigating an allegation that Texas energy billionaire Dan Duncan violated Russian hunting laws during a 2002 trip, a spokesman for Duncan's lawyer said on Thursday.

Duncan shot and killed a moose and a sheep from a helicopter, a practice he did not know was illegal in Russia. Neither animal is considered an endangered species. The guide is now a top official with a Russian hunting-license agency.

"What the hell is the U.S. interest in bringing felony charges here for hunting on Russian soil, where not one single person has complained?" Duncan's lawyer Rusty Hardin told the Chronicle. "Is this really the best use of our prosecutorial resources?"

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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal grand jury is investigating an allegation that Texas energy billionaire Dan Duncan violated Russian hunting laws during a 2002 trip, a spokesman for Duncan's lawyer said on Thursday.

Duncan shot and killed a moose and a sheep from a helicopter, a practice he did not know was illegal in Russia. Neither animal is considered an endangered species. The guide is now a top official with a Russian hunting-license agency.

"What the hell is the U.S. interest in bringing felony charges here for hunting on Russian soil, where not one single person has complained?" Duncan's lawyer Rusty Hardin told the Chronicle. "Is this really the best use of our prosecutorial resources?"

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The more exposure middle school students have to anti-smoking ads, the more likely they are to smoke, according to a new University of Georgia study.

Cf.: A series of scientific evaluations of the ads’ effectiveness funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse have repeatedly called into question the wisdom of maintaining the campaign, finding “little evidence of direct favorable campaign effects on youth” and that “effects were consistently in an unfavorable direction, i.e., higher exposure leading to weaker anti-drug norms. In addition, there may have been a significant unfavorable effect of exposure from the Marijuana Initiative period on initiation of use, i.e., higher campaign exposure leading to higher rates of initiation.”
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The more exposure middle school students have to anti-smoking ads, the more likely they are to smoke, according to a new University of Georgia study.

Cf.: A series of scientific evaluations of the ads’ effectiveness funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse have repeatedly called into question the wisdom of maintaining the campaign, finding “little evidence of direct favorable campaign effects on youth” and that “effects were consistently in an unfavorable direction, i.e., higher exposure leading to weaker anti-drug norms. In addition, there may have been a significant unfavorable effect of exposure from the Marijuana Initiative period on initiation of use, i.e., higher campaign exposure leading to higher rates of initiation.”