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Increase in heroin smuggling feared
Tribune staff reporterOn the nightly news from Moscow a few days ago, there was a brief story about a passenger aboard a Tajikistan Air plane, who, according to Moscow police, had swallowed 60 packets of heroin. He was snared by an X-ray ordered by police. But the...Tags: Pakistan, Taliban, Tajikistan, George Soros, Afghanistan
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Tajiks wary of chaos across their border
Tribune staff reportersOnly a few days ago the fierce gusts that regularly swirl up from Afghanistan, clouding the streets and air here with a gritty dust, suddenly vanished. For Tajiks, that's the only good news lately from Afghanistan. Otherwise the fighting has been a...Tags: Civil Unrest, Madrasas, National Security, Tajikistan, Famines
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Text of Kerry's Speech
The following is a transcript of Sen. John F. Kerry's speech in Philadelphia, supplied by the Kerry campaign. It's an honor to be here today at Temple University, one of America's leading public research universities, in the city where America was born....Tags: Civil Unrest, International Military Interventions, National Security, Armed Forces, Explosions
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1st planes, ships leave the U.S.
Washington BureauNavy ships and U.S. warplanes headed for the Persian Gulf region Wednesday as President Bush prepared to address the nation and enlisted world leaders in providing logistical and covert support for retaliatory strikes against those responsible for last...Tags: Civil Unrest, Iraq, England, National Security, Indonesia
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U.S. boosting allies' military aid
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Bush administration is preparing to provide U.S. military advisers, weapons and special training to governments in Central Asia, the Mideast and Africa over the next six months as part of an expanded effort to mount proxy fights against terrorists...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Colleges and Universities, National Security, National Government, Pakistan
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Officials give U.S. airspace clearance
Tribune foreign correspondentPresident Islam Karimov agreed during a meeting of the country's top security officials on Monday to open Uzbekistan's airspace to U.S. military operations. Uzbekistan, he said, wants to "make its own contribution to the liquidation of camps and bases...Tags: Civil Unrest, Turkmenistan, National Security, Tajikistan, Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
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Putin's tone turns amicable
New York Times News ServiceRussian President Vladimir Putin, moving swiftly to capitalize on the newfound solidarity with the West over fighting terrorism, indicated Wednesday that he might show flexibility over NATO expansion and agreed with European Union officials to consult...Tags: Vladimir Putin, The New York Times, NATO, European Union, Russia
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Afghanistan the focus of a new Great Game
Tribune foreign correspondentFor more than a century the playing field of far bigger powers, Afghanistan has again captured the world's attention as a country where others come to compete. As the United States and its allies confront the Taliban leadership over its links to...Tags: Civil Unrest, National Security, George W. Bush, Rebellions, Saudi Arabia
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Guard unit awaits its mission
Of The Morning CallMorning formation ends the way it always does, with hearty cries of "Honor First" and a couple of "Hooahs" for good measure, before another day of training for the men and women of the 213th Area Support Group on this flat, sprawling military post in...Tags: Iraq, Six Flags Inc., West Point, Armed Forces, Family
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From the archives: Crackdown on Dissent
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMOSCOW -- No one has watched the crisis in China with greater concern than Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, for in it he can see some of his compatriots' worst fears for what could go wrong here with his ambitious program of political, economic...Tags: Civil Unrest, Communist Party of China, Society, Armed Forces, Public Relations
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