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		<title><![CDATA[New York Times Best-Seller Jason Peter's Hero of the Underground Gives Us a Portrait of a Red-Blooded Jock Who Becomes a Monster Dope Fiend&#8230;]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Neb. -- EXCERPT FROM BOOK: "When you swallow eighty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive," writes Jason, "a certain sense of invulnerability stays with you. When you still wake up to see the same dirty sky over you as the night before, you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan PM&#39;s life tough, but no vodka please]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda admits his job is tough and says a glass of wine can relieve the stress. But he draws the line at vodka.  Fukuda was slapped earlier this month with an unprecedented censure motion amid slumping approval ratings, weeks before he hosts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rum Co. purchase.(Pernod Ricard acquiring Vin & Sprit)(Brief article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[France-based Pernod Ricard signed a US$8.8 billion agreement to buy  Vin & Sprit, the Swedish state-owned maker of Absolut vodka and the  parent company of Cruzan VIRIL Ltd. on St. Croix, reports The Virgin  Islands Daily News (April 1, 2008). The deal could become final this ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Firms Like Constellation Ignore Non-Premium Market at Their Peril]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquor marketers are chasing the high end of the market, where margins are fatter. They may want to look at a new research report arguing that mid-tier and low-end brands are still seeing big growth. by Dan Mitchell]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:49:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Absolut vodka sale propels Swedish privatisation project]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM AFP &#8212; Sweden's hugely successful sale of its crown jewel Absolut vodka has given the centre-right government's ambitious privatisation programme a shot in the arm, but shaky financial markets could thwart the remaining sales.  "Success", "revenge" and "political resurrection" were among the terms used by Swedish media on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sweden says vodka group sold to Pernod for 5.6 billion euros]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM AFP &#8212; The Swedish government said on Monday that it had sold the Vin & Sprit group which owns Absolut vodka to the giant drinks group Pernod Ricard of France for 5.626 billion euros (8.88 billion dollars).  Swedish Financial Markets Minister Mats Odell said in a statement that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sweden sells Absolut to Pernod for 5.6 billion euros]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM AFP &#8212; The Swedish government said on Monday that it had sold the Vin & Sprit group that owns Absolut vodka to the giant drinks company Pernod Ricard of France for 5.626 billion euros (8.88 billion dollars).  With the purchase, Pernod Ricard will become the world's leading provider...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fake Olympic vodka seized in Russia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW AFP &#8212; Russian prosecutors have confiscated thousands of bottles of illegal Olympic vodka, six years before the Winter Olympic Games come to Russia, an official said Wednesday.  Close to 14,000 bottles of vodka that used the Olympic name without permission were confiscated last month, according to a statement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delicious Brands has launched White Lotus, which combines premium vodka with all-natural ingredients and vitamin B]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delicious Brands has launched WHITE LOTUS, which combines premium vodka with all-natural ingredients and vitamin B. It is the first in a new line of premium lifestyle-enhancing vodkas. White Lotus is triple distilled and is said to be smooth with citrus notes. The company also has launched BLUE LOTUS, an...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leading brands of distilled spirits, 2007.(Distilled Spirits)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEADING BRANDS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, 2007  (000 Mixed Cases)    Brand                 Category      Supplier             ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leading brands of distilled spirits, 2006-2007.(Distilled Spirits)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEADING BRANDS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, 2006-2007  (000 9-Liter Cases)    Brand                       Category      Supplier    Bacardi   ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leading international brands of distilled spirits.(Distilled Spirits)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEADING INTERNATIONAL BRANDS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS  (Millions 9-Liter Cases)    Brand                 Category     Brand Owner    Smirnoff         ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Mayor Nagin left high and dry as Cerasoli support mounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor C. Ray Nagin missed the boat on landing credit for his post- Katrina leadership.    The mayor offered creative plans (Remember Casino Alley on Poydras Street?) and was roundly panned for them.    He's conferred more closely and effectively with President Bush than Gov. Katherine...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: N.O. Mayor Nagin left high and dry as Cerasoli support]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20071119/ai_n21125832]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor C. Ray Nagin missed the boat on landing credit for his post- Katrina leadership. The mayor offered creative plans (Remember Casino Alley on Poydras Street?) and was roundly panned for them. He's conferred more closely and effectively with President Bush than Gov. Katherine Babineaux Blanco yet it's explained away...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vodka gifts from Putin's party to lure voters: NGOs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW AFP &#8212; Russia's ruling party is trying to lure voters in upcoming elections with free bottles of vodka and other gifts, campaigners from two non-governmental groups said in Moscow on Wednesday.  Yelena Panfilova, Russia director for Transparency International, an anti-corruption group based in Berlin, said at a news...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian doctors use vodka drip to save tourist]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY AFP &#8212; Australian doctors revealed Wednesday that they drip-fed an Italian tourist a steady dose of vodka over three days to save his life after he poisoned himself.  The 24-year-old man was taken to a north Queensland hospital two months ago after he swallowed a large amount of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diageo has introduced a new line of superpremium prepared cocktails called Smirnoff Cocktails, available in two of today's most popular drinks--the Cosmopolitan and the Mojito.(PRODUCTS & PACKAGING)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6425/is_200709/ai_n25640557]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Diageo has introduced a new line of superpremium prepared cocktails  called Smirnoff Cocktails, available in two of today's most popular  drinks--the Cosmopolitan and the Mojito. The Smirnoff Grand Cosmopolitan  blends together Smirnoff vodka, Grand Mar  Diageo has introduced a new line of superpremium prepared cocktails ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investment fund to sell vodka giant.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW: Russian Alcohol, the maker of Russia's bestselling vodka Green Mark, has been put up for sole by its investment fund owner Industrial Investors. The company has appointed investment bank ABN Amro to advise on the sale, and it is expected to value the business at up to $600m (303m...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Narva's Russians cross bridge for vodka but prefer their Estonian home]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NARVA, Estonia AFP &#8212; There are few better places to get behind the complexities of vexed relations between Estonia and its former overlord Russia than with your feet planted on the river bank in this eastern border city.  Separated by a bridge over just 150 metres yards of water...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch Cos. is now in the vodka business, with a reported deal to become the U.S. distributor for three superpremium vodkas made by micro-distillery Vermont Spirits.(Business Briefs)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6435/is_200707/ai_n25652627]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch Cos. is now in the vodka business, with a reported  deal to become the U.S. distributor for three superpremium vodkas made  by micro-distillery Vermont Spirits. One of the brands included in the  agreement, Vermont White is triple distill  Anheuser-Busch Cos. is now in the vodka...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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