Drug kingpin in Brazil faces extradition over US bombshells
Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, 44, head of Colombia's Norte del Valle cartel, lived lavishly in Brazil with a gym sauna pools and nearly $1 million in cash before his arrest in Sao Paulo. U S authorities plan to seek extradition, while Colombia weighs its options, with competition over where he will be tried first. The case centers on cocaine shipments to the United States and Europe and alleged killings, and Brazil cautions on death-penalty issues.
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Fernando Francischini
U.S. State Department
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African fossils rewrite human evolution as chaotic bush
Famed paleontologist Meave Leakey reports in Nature that African fossils show Homo habilis and Homo erectus living side by side about 1.5 million years ago, with a shared common ancestor likely 2 to 3 million years back. The findings suggest a non linear family tree and challenge the neat linear progression from early species to Homo sapiens.
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Pakistan eyes possible state of emergency amid unrest
The government under President Musharraf signaled it may declare a state of emergency over external and internal threats and worsening law and order in the northwest near Afghanistan. Tariq Azim cited U.S. pressure and domestic political woes as drivers while Musharraf canceled a Kabul trip amid deliberations on emergency power.
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Cuba protests U.S. failure to issue 20000 visas this year
Cuba's Foreign Ministry formally protested the U.S. State Department's admission that it will not meet the 20,000 visa quota for Cubans seeking emigration this fiscal year. Dagoberto Rodriguez, head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, said Havana accuses Washington of violating migration accords while U.S. officials fault Cuban restrictions.
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