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...initial question. At the climax of the movie, a likeable Ukrainian carrier pilot reveals that the same flights that export fish to Europe bring weapons from illegal European Union dealers into the jungles of Africa. In a word, Europeans get good tasty fillets, and Africa gets deadly AK...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Fish, Planes, and Globalization | 2/13/2006 | See Source »

...Houston."By November, the Houston nightclubs were having New Orleans nights," says Harris, when the groups would sometimes spot old rivals in the parking lots of clubs. Often, Harris says, "These shootings were dope deals gone bad." The shooters were heavily armed with everything from pistols and shotguns to AK-47s, and three suspects remain at large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Katrina's Latest Casualty | 1/27/2006 | See Source »

...time when its president behaves like another authoritarian leader sitting on vast fossil fuel reserves—Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Furthering his “Bolivarian” revolution and profiting from his oily dollars, Chávez is buying military equipment from Spain and AK-47s (guess where from) for his growing “security forces.” As the Bush administration turns its eyes away from Latin America, Chávez buys influence in the region by aiding Caribbean economies and helping his Argentine “brother” President...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: From Russia With Cold | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

Late on the evening of December 28, a gunman walked into a hall of the Indian Institute of Science, a prestigious academic institution in Bangalore,and opened fire with a Chinese-made AK-56 rifle at the delegates attending a conference. A retired Mathematics professor was killed; four others were injured. The gunman scaled a wall and fled. (Four unexploded grenades were also discovered on the Institute's campus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Outsourcing the Next Terror Target? | 12/29/2005 | See Source »

Security was lax at the Olympic Village. Wearing sweat suits, eight men simply climbed over a 6-ft. barrier around the village at 4:10 a.m. Armed with AK-47s, they rounded up 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and a referee, shooting two dead early on. The terrorists demanded the release of 234 prisoners from Israeli jails. Negotiations were ruled out by the Israelis, but the Germans began fake ones to buy time. In the afternoon, the Black September commander, distinctive in his white hat, insisted that his team and the hostages be flown to Cairo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Myths and Reality of Munich | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

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