The liguists would help America’s Drug Enforcement Administration decipher arrangements between criminals, documents leaked in the US claimed. Speakers of 114 “common” and “exotic” languages – including Jamaican patois, Farsi and Spanish – were sought to cover investigations in the American south-east. Special Agent Michael Sanders said experts were needed to determine precisely what suspects were saying, which could be crucial in gaining convictions. ... read more >>
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Ebonics translators needed by DEA to interpret drugs wiretaps
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Tags: criminals, Drug Enforcement Administration, Ebonics, rapper Eminem
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Junk food and obesity: Taking a cue from tobacco control
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
What to do about the obesity epidemic? Here’s a thought: Substitute “tobacco” for “junk food.” That provides a pretty clear road map about what government authorities should be doing to safeguard public health. Unfortunately, officials are instead just reheating the same old leftovers. Dietary guidelines issued recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture basically say Americans need to ease up on the salt, sugar and saturated fats, and instead eat more fruits and veggies. ... read more >>
What to do about the obesity epidemic? Here’s a thought: Substitute “tobacco” for “junk food.” That provides a pretty clear road map about what government authorities should be doing to safeguard public health. Unfortunately, officials are instead just reheating the same old leftovers. Dietary guidelines issued recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture basically say Americans need to ease up on the salt, sugar and saturated fats, and instead eat more fruits and veggies. ... read more >>
Tags: anti-smoking programs, food, Obesity, tobacco control
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G-20 Protests: Police Arrest Hundreds In Toronto
Monday, June 28th, 2010
TORONTO — Police raided a university building and rounded up hundreds of protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence near the G-20 global economic summit site a day after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cars. The violence shocked Canada, where civil unrest is almost unknown. Toronto police Sunday said they had never before used tear gas until Saturday’s clashes with anti-Globalization activists. ... read more >>
TORONTO — Police raided a university building and rounded up hundreds of protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence near the G-20 global economic summit site a day after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cars. The violence shocked Canada, where civil unrest is almost unknown. Toronto police Sunday said they had never before used tear gas until Saturday’s clashes with anti-Globalization activists. ... read more >>
Tags: arrest, G-20 Protests, protesters, Toronto
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Prince Harry makes time for girlfriend Chelsy Davy during his official tour in Africa
Friday, June 25th, 2010
When Chelsy Davy announced that she was giving up on her life in England and moving back to Africa, it didn’t look good for her relationship with Prince Harry. So perhaps it’s no surprise that Harry quickly found a window in his official tour of the continent to devote two days to his girlfriend. On Tuesday, the two chain-smoked and chatted for more than an hour as they had lunch with a friend at the fashionable Grand Cafe restaurant in Granger Bay, Cape Town. ... read more >>
When Chelsy Davy announced that she was giving up on her life in England and moving back to Africa, it didn’t look good for her relationship with Prince Harry. So perhaps it’s no surprise that Harry quickly found a window in his official tour of the continent to devote two days to his girlfriend. On Tuesday, the two chain-smoked and chatted for more than an hour as they had lunch with a friend at the fashionable Grand Cafe restaurant in Granger Bay, Cape Town. ... read more >>
Tags: girlfriend, official tour in Africa, Prince Harry
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Times Square car bomb suspect pleads guilty in NYC, says ‘we will be attacking US’
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Calling himself a Muslim soldier, a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing and left a sinister warning that unless the U.S. leaves Muslim lands alone, “we will be attacking U.S.” Faisal Shahzad entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life sentences. He pleaded guilty to them all. ... read more >>
Calling himself a Muslim soldier, a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing and left a sinister warning that unless the U.S. leaves Muslim lands alone, “we will be attacking U.S.” Faisal Shahzad entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life sentences. He pleaded guilty to them all. ... read more >>
Tags: bomb, car, pleads guilty, Suspect, Times Square
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New limits on mailing tobacco to take effect soon
Friday, June 18th, 2010
New restrictions on mailing tobacco products are about to take effect. Under a law signed by President Barack Obama in March, limits will be placed on individuals mailing cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco. The rules take effect June 29, the Postal Service announced on Thursday. ... read more >>
New restrictions on mailing tobacco products are about to take effect. Under a law signed by President Barack Obama in March, limits will be placed on individuals mailing cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco. The rules take effect June 29, the Postal Service announced on Thursday. ... read more >>
Tags: limits, mailing tobacco, restriction
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Winston Churchill’s cigar airbrushed from picture
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
In the well-known original image, Churchill makes a “V” shaped symbol with his fingers – while gripping a cigar in the corner of his mouth. But in a reproduction of the picture, hanging over the main entrance to a London museum celebrating the wartime leader, he has been made into a non-smoker through the use of image-altering techniques. ... read more >>
In the well-known original image, Churchill makes a “V” shaped symbol with his fingers – while gripping a cigar in the corner of his mouth. But in a reproduction of the picture, hanging over the main entrance to a London museum celebrating the wartime leader, he has been made into a non-smoker through the use of image-altering techniques. ... read more >>
Tags: airbrush, cigar, Reproduction, WINSTON CHURCHILL
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26 killed killed as armed gang attacks Iraq’s Central Bank
Monday, June 14th, 2010
In the latest of a series of violent robberies blamed on current or former insurgents, the attackers executed a well-planned attack as the bank was closing. A suicide bomber wearing the uniform of a captain in the Iraqi army detonated a bomb outside the building shortly before 3pm. A series of six to eight car bomb explosions around the bank building then followed. ... read more >>
In the latest of a series of violent robberies blamed on current or former insurgents, the attackers executed a well-planned attack as the bank was closing. A suicide bomber wearing the uniform of a captain in the Iraqi army detonated a bomb outside the building shortly before 3pm. A series of six to eight car bomb explosions around the bank building then followed. ... read more >>
Tags: bomb, Iraq's Central Bank
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Distraction hazards of modern driving surveyed
Friday, June 11th, 2010
More than half (51 per cent) of 3,000 drivers polled said they believed that motorists were losing concentration through texting, even though the practice became illegal six years ago. Four in 10 of those questioned by Autoglass said they believed that chatting on the phone was also distracting millions of drivers, with those in the 55-plus age group believed to be worst-affected. ... read more >>
More than half (51 per cent) of 3,000 drivers polled said they believed that motorists were losing concentration through texting, even though the practice became illegal six years ago. Four in 10 of those questioned by Autoglass said they believed that chatting on the phone was also distracting millions of drivers, with those in the 55-plus age group believed to be worst-affected. ... read more >>
Tags: accident, causes, driving
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Time to end the marijuana charade?
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
When Brent Poer moved into his quaint Los Feliz home a year ago, he knew the boxy green building at the corner of his cul-de-sac was a marijuana dispensary. He figured coexisting with Hyperion Healing would be easy. “I honestly thought that potheads would be really cool and laid-back,” said Poer, a 42-year-old advertising executive. ... read more >>
When Brent Poer moved into his quaint Los Feliz home a year ago, he knew the boxy green building at the corner of his cul-de-sac was a marijuana dispensary. He figured coexisting with Hyperion Healing would be easy. “I honestly thought that potheads would be really cool and laid-back,” said Poer, a 42-year-old advertising executive. ... read more >>
Tags: legalize drugs, marijuana, Medical Marijuana, medicine
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Lindsay Lohan strips to her underwear for beach modelling shoot… but the boots stay on
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Posing for a photoshoot on Malibu beach, Lindsay Lohan wore nothing but her white woollen underwear – and a pair of cosy sheepskin boots. It seemed that while the actress had no concerns about showing off her flesh, her alcohol monitoring SCRAM anklet wasn’t quite the look the photographer was going for. Lindsay will have to wear the anklet, which monitors the alcohol excreted through the skin, until the judge is satisfied that she is abstaining from drinking. ... read more >>
Posing for a photoshoot on Malibu beach, Lindsay Lohan wore nothing but her white woollen underwear – and a pair of cosy sheepskin boots. It seemed that while the actress had no concerns about showing off her flesh, her alcohol monitoring SCRAM anklet wasn’t quite the look the photographer was going for. Lindsay will have to wear the anklet, which monitors the alcohol excreted through the skin, until the judge is satisfied that she is abstaining from drinking. ... read more >>
Tags: alcohol monitoring SCRAM anklet, foto, Lindsay Lohan, Malibu beach, photoshoot
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