Peru sees coca crops rise as poppy threat grows in Huallaga
In Tingo Maria Peru coca fields rebound after years of decline while Colombian traffickers push poppy cultivation. Officials warn of rising opium latex values and expanding fields with satellite data showing increases even as eradication efforts continue.
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Tingo Maria
Peru
Huallaga Valley
U.S
Jim Williard
Lima
Williard
U.N. Drug Control Program
Bush
Washington
Colombia
State Department
Demostenes Garcia
Garcia
Afghanistan
Monzon
Supreme Court bars Ayodhya ceremony near disputed mosque site
India's Supreme Court barred Hindus from holding a planned prayer near the Babri mosque site in Ayodhya. A Hindu leader said the Friday ceremony would proceed if provoked violence ensues, mirroring Gujarat clashes. The ruling blocks all religious activities on the land until the court decides ownership, amid broad political uproar.
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New Delhi
India
Supreme Court
Ramchandra Das
Ayodhya
Gujarat
Das’ Trust
World Hindu Council
Babri
Praveen Tokadia
Rama
Mohammed Aslam
S.Q.R. Ilyas
All India Muslim Personal Law Board Committee
Russian freed after 13 years in forced labor in Georgia
Vladimir Yepishin a 50 year old Russian describes his 13 year ordeal ending with a police operation in the Pankisi Gorge Georgia. He recounts being lured to Chechnya and trafficked across regions from Yaroslavl to Ingushetia and Itum Kale beaten when attempting escape before ending as a shepherd in Duisi.
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Tbilisi
Georgia
Vladimir Yepishin
Pankisi
U.S
al-Qaida
Yepishin
Yaroslavl
Chechnya
Nazran
Ingushetia
Itum-Kale
Isi
Duisi
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