Ganja Nation Shapes Jamaica's Shifting Economy
Travel writer observes Jamaica moving from sugar and bauxite to marijuana as a major cash crop worth about 3.5 billion dollars. Prime Minister Edward Seaga faces political and economic tests as a growing lawless cannabis trade alters livelihoods, with Maggoty village illustrating the new reality.
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Jamaica
Jeff Stein
Washington Post
U.S
Edward Seaga
Ronald Reagan
Caribbean
Maggoty
Black River
Reagan disciplines CIA juniors over Nicaraguan manual
President Reagan approved reprimands or suspensions for an unspecified number of junior CIA employees involved in drafting a Nicaraguan rebel manual. He said the manual teaches no illegal acts while congressionally urged oversight continues and the CIA contract author John Kirkpatrick was dismissed.
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Gazette Wire Services
Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
CIA
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Congress
White House
Peter Roussel
John Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Roussel
Lebanon suspends talks with Israel on troop withdrawal
Lebanon under pressure from Islamic factions halted negotiations with Israel on removing troops from southern Lebanon. The suspension followed Israel's arrest of 13 Amal militia officials, with Beirut insisting all detainees be freed before any resumption. Some Beirut officials privately blamed a rift between Amal leader Nabih Berri and Shiite clerics.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Naqara
United Nations
Amal
Jerusalem
Israeli Defense Ministry
Nabih Berri
Berri
Rashid Karami
Karami
Amin Gemayel
Reagan era warplane scare sparked by credible evidence claim
Washington said a Soviet ship was bringing advanced fighters to Nicaragua and warned action would follow. Nicaragua denied the claim and Managua feared U S motives. By week’s end officials doubted MiG transfers but questioned who created the crisis and why. Perception management and pressure on Congress cited.
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Fred Hiatt
Washington Post
Washington
Nicaragua
U.S
Beauticians switch to men’s hair stirs livelier gossip
Stylists who cut men’s hair report sharper rumors and spicier tips, noting a shift in salon chatter as clients discuss trends and personal lives with greater frankness.
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Lake Geneva, Wis
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Senate Intelligence Committee
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Western Hemisphere
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Managua
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