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Cocaine on '100% of Irish euros'

bo — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:30:31 -0500

One hundred percent of banknotes in the Republic of Ireland carry traces of cocaine, a new study has found.

Researchers used the latest forensic techniques that would detect even the tiniest fragments to study a batch of 45 used banknotes.

The scientists at Dublin's City University said they were "surprised by their findings".

Some of the notes had such high levels of cocaine on them that it is thought they were used to snort the drug.

Others had much lower traces and may have been cross-contaminated, perhaps in the wallets or pockets of users.

Macedonian police in cocaine haul

bo — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:03:04 -0500

Police in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have seized about 400kg of cocaine - the country's largest-ever haul of the drug.

Officers found the cocaine, which has a street value of more than $50m (£26m), hidden in 60 paint tins on a lorry which was crossing from Kosovo.

Iraq court drops Saddam's charges.

bo — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:57:37 -0500

Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein, who was hanged on 30 December, as the genocide trial of six co-defendants resumed.

They are charged with crimes against humanity over a campaign against Kurds in the 1980s that left 100,000 dead.

Saddam Hussein was hanged after an earlier trial over the killing of 148 Shia Muslims in the town of Dujail.

Many Kurds were disappointed that he was executed before facing justice for his role in the Anfal campaign.

Among the six remaining defendants is Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, sometimes known as "Chemical Ali" for his alleged use of chemical weapons against the Kurds.

As the trial resumed he tried to read a prayer from the Koran in memory of his cousin, but the judge ordered him to stop.

The prosecution then played a video, allegedly containing the voice of Mr Majid threatening to bomb the Kurds.

"I will attack them with chemical weapons," the voice said.

The tape also showed pictures of dead men, women and children.

The defence argues the campaign - codenamed al-Anfal, or "the spoils of war" - was a legitimate operation to quell a rebellion after some Kurds sided with the enemy during the Iran-Iraq war.

Online!

bo — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:48:12 -0500

Among teens with an online profile, 85 percent of those surveyed said they mainly use MySpace More than half of US teenagers use social networking sites like MySpace, but girls go online to reaffirm existing friendships, while boys are more often there to flirt .

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Nice idea to surprise everyone!

bo — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 13:46:31 -0500

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