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...cocaine within the European Union is now just as much a relevant factor for violence in Mexico (and Colombia) as U.S. consumption. The situation in Mexico is a pattern echoed on all corners of the map: Temazepam (the British’s number-one prescription fix) migrates from Eastern Europe to the United Kingdom, opium from Southeast Asia to India and China, and heroin flows from Afghanistan to everywhere...
...village of La Reforma in eastern Guatemala doesn't seem like the kind of place that would have a first-rate hospital and a handful of mansions. There's no bank, no grocery store and more than 70% of the inhabitants of the municipality that includes La Reforma, called Huite, are poor. But officials tell TIME they suspect a few locals are making a handsome profit by assuring that Colombian cocaine makes it safely through Guatemala to Mexico and then...
...fascist group - was reportedly found among the weapons. According to security officials, one of the three men killed at the hotel was alleged to be a Romanian; one was from Ireland. One of the wounded, say officials, is a former member of the Bolivian military who trained in Croatia. Eastern Bolivia is home to a politically conservative Croat enclave that has been ardently opposed to Morales and his pro-indigenous government since he was elected...
...annual Identities Fashion Show, sponsored by the Asian American Association. The models showed off clothes that explored the interplay between fashion and cultural identity, with a focus on the Asian American experience. Three themed acts—Demure Danger, Asian Americana, and Street Culture—exhibited mixes of Eastern and Western styles. Designers from Harvard College, the Parsons School of Design, and the Fashion Institute of Technology showcased their work in two “Student Design” segments. Demure Danger took its inspiration from two trends of the 1920s, the colorful Chinese qipao dress and the freewheeling...
...government officials say the camp's closure is also in Iraq's national interest. "We do not want any friction with our neighbors," Rubaie says. The days when Iraq was used as a base to launch attacks against its neighbors, whether by the MEK along the eastern border with Iran, or by the Kurdish separatist PKK along the northern border with Turkey, are over, he says...