Record 13 ton cocaine seizure in Pacific find
The Coast Guard seized 13 tons of cocaine aboard the Belize flagged fishing boat Svesda Maru off San Diego about 1,500 miles south while a 10 man crew of eight Ukrainians and two Russians were arrested. The drug, valued at about 500 million dollars, is tied to Colombian sources and potentially Russian organized crime with routes near Mexico’s Arellano Felix cartel.
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San Diego
Coast Guard
U.S
Gregory Vega
Belize
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean
Pacific
U.S. Navy
Bob Reininger
U.S. Coast Guard
Naval Station
Parliament dissolved as Britain heads to general elections
Queen Elizabeth II formally dissolved Parliament on Monday as Tony Blair and William Hague began campaigning. The Common Crier announced the proclamation from the Royal Exchange, using a public-address system. Blair led in polls with 48 percent to Hague’s 32 percent ahead of June 7 voting.
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London
Britain
Elizabeth II
Tony Blair
William Hague
Royal Exchange
Richard Martin
Make
Blair
Labor Party
Hague
Labor
Decline in Child Deaths From Heart Defects Persists
A U S study using death certificates from 1979 to 1997 shows a 39 percent drop in heart defect deaths across all ages, with infants down 38.7 percent and children 1 to 4 down 56.9 percent. Improved diagnosis, surgery, and intensive care cited. heart defects still major infant death cause.
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Lorenzo D. Botto
Botto
David Fixler
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
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National Center On Birth Defects
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Nikon
Nikon Inc
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Nikkor
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Cedar Rapids
1St Ave. S.E
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Roques
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