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  “He should never have met with Bush.” A high-ranking U.S. Marine officer, saying Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, a Sunni ally of the United States against Al Qaeda, “signed his own death warrant” by meeting publicly with President George W. Bush. Sattar was assassinated 10 days later. “We...

  Research articles 2007-09-24

  Tags: Associated Press, kilogram, MARKETING, NETWORKING, officer, president

• AP TOBACCO AUCTIONS - STATISTICS

  According to "Business Line", Farmers in Andhra Pradesh raised 127.64 million kg of tobacco against the authorized crop size of 106 mkg during the last season (2002-2003) and the entire crop was sold at an average price of Rs 34.83 a kg, accordiAccording to "Business Line", Farmers in Andhra Pradesh...

  Research articles 2003-09-03

  Tags: Associated Press, average price, kilogram, tobacco

• INDIA: AP TOBACCO AUCTIONS - STATISTICS.(Andhra Pradesh tobacco farmers)(Brief Article)

  According to ?Business Line?, Farmers in Andhra Pradesh raised 127.64 million kg of tobacco against the authorized crop size of 106 mkg during the last season (2002-2003) and the entire crop was sold at an average price of Rs 34.83 a kg, according to According to...

  Research articles 2003-09-03

  Tags: Associated Press, average price, kilogram, tobacco

• AP TOBACCO AUCTIONS - REVIEW

  According to "Business Line", farmers in Andhra Pradesh raised 127.64 million kg of tobacco against the authorized crop size of 106 mkg during the last season (2002-2003) and the entire crop was sold at an average price of Rs 34.83 a kg, accordiAccording to "Business Line", farmers in Andhra Pradesh...

  Research articles 2003-08-11

  Tags: Associated Press, average price, kilogram, tobacco

• INDIA: AP TOBACCO AUCTIONS - REVIEW.(Andhra Pradesh, India; production)(Brief Article)

  According to "Business Line", farmers in Andhra Pradesh raised 127.64 million kg of tobacco against the authorized crop size of 106 mkg during the last season (2002-2003) and the entire crop was sold at an average price of Rs 34.83 a kg, ac According to "Business...

  Research articles 2003-08-11

  Tags: Associated Press, average price, kilogram, tobacco

• TAJIKISTAN: TAJIKISTAN SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR DRUGS POSSESSION.(Brief Article)

  A regional court in Khojand sentenced two men to death on 22 October for possession of large quantities of narcotics, AP reported. When arrested last year, the two men had with them 422 kilograms of raw heroin and 3.5 kilograms of opium. LF Copyright c 1999. RFE/RL,...

  Research articles 2000-10-25

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• Marines apply hunting tactics

  Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, are sharpening their ability to detect potentially dangerous people under the tutelage of both police personnel and big, game hunters, reports the Associated Press. Combat Hunter is a 2-week program to teach Marines how to observe, profile and track potentially...

  Articles 2009-01-01

• Winds felled 60 oil, gas platforms

  HOUSTON -- This summer's back-to-back punches from hurricanes Gustav and Ike destroyed 60 oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but the structures represented only a minute percentage of the region's overall production, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said Wednesday. Before the storms, the Gulf...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Burke waltzes to title with Hough

  LOS ANGELES -- Brooke Burke waltzed away with the mirror ball trophy on the "Dancing With the Stars" finale. The 37-year-old TV personality and mother of four dominated the seventh season of the popular ABC dancing competition and bested former NFL player Warren Sapp and former 'NSync...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Thailand shuts down second airport

  BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai authorities shut down Bangkok's second airport Thursday after it was overrun by anti-government protesters, completely cutting off the capital from air traffic as the prime minister rejected their demands to resign, deepening the country's crisis. Thailand's powerful army commander, who has remained neutral...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Rare Viet turtle was nearly soup

  SON TAY, Vietnam -- A rare Vietnamese turtle, one of just four believed left in the world, was swept away by a flood, taken hostage by an enterprising fisherman and nearly ended up in a soup pot. Instead, the 150-pound animal returned to its lake Wednesday and...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Raul Castro says he'd like to meet Obama at Gitmo

  HAVANA -- Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral ground" -- and he suggested the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The Cuban leader's offer came in a rare interview in Havana with...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Astronauts ready for shuttle's return

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With their visit winding down, the world's 10 space travelers zipped up a huge space station shipping crate Wednesday and loaded it back onto shuttle Endeavour for return to Earth. Their last major task together cleared the decks for a relaxed Thanksgiving. ...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Brazil flood victims loot stores; death toll hits 97

  NAVEGANTES, Brazil -- Hungry flood survivors looted supermarkets and emergency crews tried to get aid to nearly 80,000 people driven from their homes Wednesday, as rain-spawned mudslides and overflowing rivers killed at least 97 people and isolated cities in southern Brazil. Amid mounting misery in the disaster...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Laptop searches in girl's death tell chilling tale

  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday. The Orange County State Attorney's Office released almost 800 pages of discovery documents...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Stores using freebies and coupons to lure shoppers

  Just in case massive markdowns aren't enough to persuade shoppers to fork over cash for presents on Black Friday, some retailers are hoping to woo shoppers with freebies and coupons. Friday is the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, and it historically was when the surge of shoppers helped...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• SDSU vacancy attracting applicants

  SAN DIEGO -- From San Diego to Atlanta, the early consensus is that the vacant San Diego State football job is attractive despite the school's lack of success during the last decade. "The interest in this job is phenomenal," athletic director Jeff Schemmel said Wednesday in his...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Hitler's bookmark? Feds seize object

  SEATTLE -- Authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly was given to Adolf Hitler by his longtime mistress, Eva Braun. Christian Popescu, a Romanian national, was arrested Tuesday outside a Bellevue Starbucks after trying to sell the bookmark to an undercover agent for $100,000,...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Scans show distractions of age

  NEW YORK -- Brain scans of older people in a noisy lab machine give biological backing to the idea that distraction hampers memory with aging, researchers reported Wednesday. The finding bolsters a theory about one reason why memory weakens with age: Older people have more trouble remembering...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Mortgage rates dip for 4th straight week

  WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages sank for a fourth straight week, falling below 6 percent for the first time since early October, and are heading lower due to the government's massive new effort to aid the U.S. housing market. Further drops are likely, analysts said, reflecting...

  Articles 2008-11-27