Prime Minister's Package
Prime Minister's package
Any amnesty scheme enabling those operating within the illegal economy to whiten their money, (including drug lords dealing in heroin, kidnapping/extortion money/terrorism, outright corruption where expenditure does not match known income sources …
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Afghan opium crop hits record high ahead of Western withdrawal: U.N.
… go to warlords jockeying for power ahead of a presidential election next year. The expansion of poppy to 209,000 hectares (516,000 acres), will embarrass Afghanistan's aid donors after more than 10 years of efforts to wean farmers off the crop …
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New York Loses Graffiti Landmark
The St. Louis Rams used to be the Los Angeles Rams, and those Rams were the first NFL team to integrate, in 1946 (interestingly, the Rams had their eye on a former UCLA running back named Jackie Robinson to be their test case, but he chose baseball …
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