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- Aziz's lawyer to London mayor in probe
- AMMAN AFP — The lawyer for Tareq Aziz on Wednesday offered to support London Mayor Boris Johnson who is being probed for possession of a cigar case belonging to Iraq's former deputy prime minister. "I am ready to contact Johnson, stand by him and provide all necessary support in...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- Celtics honor Auerbach, enjoy their own championship parade
- BOSTON -- Through a haze of his own cigar smoke, Paul Pierce peered through sleepless eyes at the sea of green-clad fans and thrust his golden MVP trophy skyward. His day had finally arrived. A day to ride in his own championship parade. A day that gave normal...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Cuban cigar roller twists it toward a fourth Guinness record
- HAVANA AFP — Jose Castelar began rolling cigars when he was five. Now, at 64, the Cuban expert hopes to finish rolling a 20-meter (65-foot) stogie by Wednesday to garner his fourth world record from the Guinness Book. "I can't tell you exactly how far I'll get, but my...
- Research articles 2008-05-04
- Cigar Bar: safe from Cuban terrorism
- IN 2003 President George W. Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security to tighten enforcement of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. Now the Government Accountability Office GAO says the effort going into policing Cuban cigars might be reducing the security of the homeland. A November GAO report finds that...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Cigar festivities Cigar festivities
- Aruba: Fabric isn't a match ORANJESTAD -- An FBI analysis of fabric collected from a crab trap off Aruba showed the material did not match clothing worn by missing American Natalee Holloway, prosecutors said Tuesday. The fabric was recovered in January by divers in about 90...
- Research articles 2008-02-27
- Off The Cuff
- Byline: ADAM JUPP I HAVE been quite prepared to embrace most of the trappings of becoming a modern man. I mean, I switched my aftershave to balm from spray and, at home, I'm the brains in the kitchen. But, one thing I've always shied away from is pricey haircuts....
- Research articles 2008-01-24
- Jimenez wins again in UBS Hong Kong golf Open
- HONG KONG AFP — Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez sounded surprised but delighted when describing how he had managed to win the UBS Hong Kong Open on Sunday after Sweden's Robert Karlsson blew a four-shot overnight lead. The cigar-smoking Mallorcan kept his nerve when others faltered in the final round...
- Research articles 2007-11-18
- Duty-free goods aiming for the first-class passenger
- CANNES, France, AFP — From matching diamond-encrusted mother-and-daughter gold chokers to the latest must-have bags and glasses or even a hand-crafted humidor, duty-free goods are increasingly going first-class. "We are an industry that lives and breathes some of the best brands in the world," Erik Juul-Mortensen, head of the...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- EU clears Imperial's buy of Altadis
- BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission on Thursday gave the green light to the purchase by Britain's Imperial Tobacco of Franco-Spanish competitor Altadis. Citing its fair competition rules, the EU's executive Commission said the clearance was conditional on the British company giving up some of its rolling and pipe...
- Research articles 2007-10-18
- Budget: Close, but no cigar
- SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers returned Monday from a monthlong summer break with high expectations they would pass a budget that's approaching two months overdue. They inched tantalizingly close to a deal throughout the day, but Senate Republicans balked late Monday night, and the standoff continued another day....
- Research articles 2007-08-21
- Lawmakers: Budget close, but no cigar
- SACRAMENTO -- Lawmakers returned from their summer recess Monday intent on resolving a budget impasse that has dragged on for nearly two months but failed to end the stalemate, even after legislative leaders expressed optimism following a meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The budget deadlock has delayed...
- Research articles 2007-08-21
- Evans lights up Tour, but not cigar
- ANGOULEME, France AFP — Overcoming a deficit of just under two minutes was always going to be a tough call for Cadel Evans. But on the penultimate stage time trial of the Tour de France, the Australian ace came agonisingly close to scoring an upset that would have put...
- Research articles 2007-07-28
- Capital Briefs
- * CUT-AND-RUN PLAN FOILED: After keeping the Senate in session overnight last week to force a debate on the Iraq War see cover story, Democrats found that their political stunt failed to persuade Republicans to support the Democratic plan to force a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. On Wednesday,...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Senate panel backs kids' insurance
- WASHINGTON -- Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes. A majority of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee joined all of the...
- Research articles 2007-07-20
- Senate panel backs kids' insurance
- WASHINGTON -- Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes. A majority of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee joined all of the...
- Research articles 2007-07-20
- Senate panel backs plan for kids' insurance
- WASHINGTON -- Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes. A majority of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee joined all of the...
- Research articles 2007-07-20
- Senate acts to curb Phila. smoking ban
- HARRISBURG - The state Senate wrote loopholes into a proposed statewide smoking ban last night and approved language that would strike down Philadelphia's more restrictive rules against lighting up in public places.All of the action came in a sweeping amendment, which passed, 29-21, after two hours of debate over the...
- Research articles 2007-06-26
- Man City's Barton under the cosh after Dabo reports him to police
- MANCHESTER, England AFP — England international midfielder Joey Barton could face criminal prosecution after it was reported on Saturday that Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo asked police to press charges over an alleged assault. The 30-year-old French midfielder was hospitalised for injuries to his eye, nose and lip after...
- Research articles 2007-05-05
- Senate kills bill bolstering state smoking ban
- DENVER - Smokers caught their first break of the 2007 General Assembly on Tuesday when the Senate snuffed out a bill that would have made it harder to claim cigarbar status. The rejection of Senate Bill 250 came just days after the House and Senate approved a...
- Research articles 2007-05-02
- UNDER THE DOME from the Legislature
- Have a cigar The Senate watered down a proposed cigar-bar ban and then kicked it back to the Appropriations Committee on Friday, leaving the measure with a tough road to becoming law. SB250 had proposed prohibiting smoking in businesses, even in cigar bars. But...
- Research articles 2007-04-28
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