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...their cut of the deal. Yasini, the Afghan antidrug czar, says the terrorists receive a share of profits from heroin sales by supplying gunmen to protect labs and convoys. Recent busts have revealed evidence of al-Qaeda's ties to the trade. On New Year's Eve, a U.S. Navy vessel in the Arabian Sea stopped a small fishing boat that was carrying no fish. After a search, says a Western antinarcotics official, "they found several al-Qaeda guys sitting on a bale of drugs." In January, U.S. and Afghan agents raided a drug runner's house in Kabul...
...about the lessons he learned in Vietnam but rarely about what he did there. The story of how he saved Green Beret Jim Rassmann from the Bay Hap River under fire in 1969 would never have been told if Rassmann hadn't offered to tell it--dramatically, on the eve of the Iowa caucuses. Years ago, three of the Vietnam combat veterans Kerry served with in the Senate--John McCain, Bob Kerrey and Max Cleland--told me something that Kerry had never even hinted at: that Kerry had come to their rescue on occasions when they had been publicly attacked...
...ASIA JAPAN: The maverick Koizumi faces drooping public support on the eve of a watershed election...
...Huygens probe will be released by Cassini on Christmas Eve 2004 and will reach Titan three weeks later. It carries a camera and five sensors, all of which must work fast. Three hours after entering Titan's airspace, the probe will run out of power...
...here for a good time, not a long time," says the 36-year-old on the eve of her fourth Olympics. "If windsurfing wasn't fun, I would have given it up ages ago. It definitely does have its hard times, but it is in essence a fun sport." Kendall is New Zealand's most successful female Olympian. She won the inaugural women's boardsailing competition at the 1992 Barcelona Games, and followed it up with a silver medal in Atlanta and a bronze in Sydney. In a small, sailing-mad country, Kendall has managed to remain a "golden girl...