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...powered the torches he said his pals were using to solder double hulls and other secret compartments. On a matchbox, he drew the designs they were following. He then pointed to their nearby bosses, who were opening Samsonite suitcases stuffed with cash in full view of police on the dock. "The sun is very bright in Haiti," Marnet said sarcastically. "It makes it hard for the police to see these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coke Floats | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...decade. "This is an irregular war, and the enemy is a military target, whether in uniform or in civilian clothes," says Castano. "When this is over, let them judge me before an international tribunal--but I want the guerrilla leaders and the Colombian army there beside me in the dock." He insists that his forces never enter a village shooting at random. They are usually led by a defector or captive who singles out the collaborators. "Do innocent people get killed in this war? Yes, they do, but they're a minority," claims Castano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King Of The Jungle | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...pave the highway is largely the product of vigorous lobbying by giant agribusinesses, which see the route as a more profitable way to export soybeans. (After the U.S., Brazil is the world?s largest exporter of the crop.) A Brazilian-American consortium is planning to build an enormous dock-and-loading system in Santar?m, the sleepy port that lies at the junction of the Tapaj?s and Amazon rivers, 700 km from the Atlantic Ocean. Exporting through Santar?m might save agribusinesses $1 per 30-kg bag of soybeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Disaster | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...cruiser backs up to a loading dock, and the suspect, handcuffed, is escorted...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 24 Hours with HUPD | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...Client in 1994 and has since starred in Sleepers and Apt Pupil, was charged with grand theft after he and an accomplice allegedly tried to steal a 45-ft. yacht from a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., marina. They might have got away with it had they only untied the dock lines. Police are investigating whether the duo was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a touchy subject for Renfro, who had a 1998 drug-possession charge dropped after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. Renfro was freed on a $10,000 bond and allowed to begin work on Bully, a film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 11, 2000 | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

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