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Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze For Rockets

ProPublica | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Black Market, Security Contractors, Blackwater, Iraq War Funding, Iraq War, Weapons, Iraq, Rockets, American Foreign Policy, Military Contractors, Triple Canopy, Iraq-Weapons, Black Market Weapons, World News

"We're spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars -- where do you think that money is going to?" [1] Ronald Boline, a former Triple ...

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Poospatuck Tribal Reservation May Be Barred From Selling Cigarettes To Non-Members

Newsday | August 26, 2009 | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Black Market, Long Island, New York, Harry Wallace, Cigarettes, Mastic, Poospatuck Tribe, Unkechaug, Cigarette Sales, New York News

In a decision that could put a significant crimp in untaxed cigarette sales from the Poospatuck tribal reservation in Mastic, a federal judge has gran...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: A Brisk Trade in Paul Giamatti: Sophie Barthes on Cold Souls

Dan Persons | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Russia, Stanislavski, Soul, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Black Market, Paul Giamatti, Film, Interview, Movies, New York, Exclusive, St. Petersburg, David Strathairn, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Russian Mafia, Acting, Morality, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Barthes was willing to give us some insight into her definition of soul and what it's like dealing with actors raised in the land of Stanislavski.

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What to Do With a Cantankerous Caiman and Other Exotics That No Longer "Fit" In

Mary Ann West | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Tarp, Exotic Animal Trade, Exotic Animals, Sugar Gliders, Rainforest, Parrot, Charla Nash and Travis the Chimp, Conservation, Black Market, Ct, Everglades, Toddler Strangled, Alligators, Boa Constrictor, Python, Anaconda, Connecticut, Beardsley-Zoo, Florida, Albino-Burmese-Python, Stamford, Chimpanzee, Caiman, Paca, Dep, Green News
Mary Ann West

Connecticut's Exotic Animal Amnesty Day received a total of 135 exotic and potentially dangerous pets within the course of only a few hours.

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Egypt's Poor Sell Their Organs For A Steep Price

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Egyptian Organ Trade, Organ Trade, Organ Transplant, Organ Transplants, World Health Organization, World Health, Black Market, World News

CAIRO — The poverty of Cairo's slums forced a young couple to sell nearly everything they had. When that wasn't enough, each of them sold a kidn...

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Cuba's Trains: One More Victim in the Collapse of Infrastructure

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Communism, Raul Castro, Black Market, World, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Politics, Railroads, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Lokomotiv He started with a pick and shovel, planting the heavy crossbeams that support the train lines. His father had also been a railroad worke...

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Cuba: Where Everything is Forbidden, Everything is For Sale

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: Black Market, Politics, Cuba, World, World News
Yoani Sanchez

This young man, not yet forty, sniffs out any restriction that creates a niche market. Respecting the penal code and survival are contradictory actions, he is a king in the country of the forbidden.

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News
Subhash Ghimire

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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Higher Cigarette Taxes Lure Buyers To Black Market

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Indian Reservations, Cigarette Tax, Cigarette Smuggling, Counterfeit Cigarettes, Black Market Cigarettes, Illegal Cigarettes, Cigarette Cartons, Cigarette Tax Increases, Black Market, Business News

NEW YORK — The big cigarette tax increases that many states are instituting to balance their out-of-whack budgets are raising fears that the tre...

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