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...halted only by an intense investigation coordinated by the FBI over five states, which included the arrest this month of a fugitive who had been on the run since September 1993. The so-called Eight Trey Gangster Crips network is estimated to have distributed hundreds of kilos of crack and cocaine powder worth well in excess of $10 million on the street. And Q's network, according to the FBI, is only one of perhaps a hundred more in operation. They emanate from Los Angeles' increasingly expansionist gangland. Says FBI special agent-in- charge Charley Parsons in Los Angeles...
...surveillance of Fulton Avenue. In fact, behind the low-key demeanor, Dink and Drak were suspected of being in the early stages of setting up a ``primary distributorship.'' It would involve cocaine ``muled''--or smuggled--into Birmingham in regular shipments from Los Angeles. There it would be ``cooked'' into crack and finally distributed to local dealers in 1-oz. packets, or possibly even ``eight- balls'' of 18 oz. The wholesale asking price was typically $950 an ounce, though on a number of occasions--in wire-tapped conversations recorded in court documents--Q back in Los Angeles demanded that they hike...
...words betrayed two issues that would crack his determination: finances and family. ``The fund raising is a huge problem for everybody,'' he said. ``You look at it, and you kind of roll your eyes.'' While he dreaded ``groveling for money,'' he also hesitated to subject his three children to a third national campaign. ``It's tough on the kids. They have now regained a fairly private life,'' he said. ``It makes you wonder why a sane, family- oriented man would contemplate doing this...
...Castro seems to hope he can crack the embargo with the help of American business. He has seen how its lobbying opened up U.S. relations with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam and even North Korea; a trade mission headed by retired admiral Elmo Zumwalt and his son is visiting Pyongyang this week. So Castro is promising Yankee investors they will make a lot of money in Cuba if they will pressure Washington to end the blockade. He has made some modest gestures in recent months to underscore his appetite for American investment: shaking the hand of Vice...
Washington hopes to keep the copyright dispute contained, but the opening salvo two weeks ago sounded serious. Because Beijing refused to crack down on pirate manufacturers, the U.S. imposed a 100% tariff on $1 billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with punitive tariffs of its own on U.S. consumer products. It looked as if the thrust and parry might lead to a full- scale duel. But the two sides announced that the tariff increases would not go into effect until Feb. 26. This week they will try to head them off altogether by reopening negotiations...