Liquor Trade Flows Across Iraqi Iranian Border
In Sulaimaniyah the Kurdish city central to trade with Iran, liquor from bourbon and vodka to arak crosses the border via trucks and mules. Iraqi officials often bypass restrictions, allowing a profit laden with bribes as U S Army observers note lax enforcement and cheap prices in Iraq versus Iran.
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Sulaimantyah
Iraq
Here
Zagros Mountains
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Johnny Walker
David Spence-Sales
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Division
U.S
Soviet Union
Sulaamamiyah
Spence-Sales
Penjwin
Louis Gitlin
Wasilla
Alaska
Toronto
Gitlin
Schwarzenegger Unveils 99.1 Billion California Budget Plan
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released a 99.1 billion plan proposing deep cuts to Medi Cal and welfare programs to fund spending, with no new taxes but higher fees for state parks and college students. The plan would shift 13 billion from local governments to state expenses, drawing opposition from Democrats and local officials.
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Sacramento
Calif
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger
California
Catherine Teare
The
Children Now
Supreme Court to decide Hamdi detainee case in US born citizen
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Yaser Esam Hamdi, a US born man captured in Afghanistan and held as an enemy combatant at a South Carolina naval brig, challenging wartime detention without standard legal rights. The Court may also consider Jose Padilla and broader issues on executive power and detainee rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Afghanistan
Yaser Esam Hamad
U.S
South Carolina
Hamdi
Louisiana
Saudi Arabia
High Courts
Jose Padilla
Chicago
United States
Deborah Pearlstein
Lawyers Committee For Human Rights
Bush Administration
Justice Department
Pris
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo
Chi-Chi’s to reopen after hepatitis outbreak
Chi-Chi’s in Monaca will reopen as the restaurant where the nation’s largest hepatitis outbreak began. The Beaver Valley Mall location closed November 2, linked to an outbreak that killed three and sickened 650, including 10 non-patrons. Health officials tied the outbreak to contaminated green onions from Mexico used in salsa.
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Monaca
Chi-Chi's
Louisville
Beaver Valley Mall
Ohio
Kristopher Weiss
Ohio Department of Health
Mexico
Bull Zaverumk
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Elyria
Wal Ort & Pier
AmeriCorp Mortgage
Luc Eppo
Sere
Oberlin
Pittsfield
Brighton
Columbia
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