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...Hong Kong. The crystal methamphetamine, or ice, being "cooked" inside was destined, says Fiji Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes, for "the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Europe." The cops who swooped on the building June 9 - finding 5 kg of the glassy drug and enough chemicals to make a metric ton of it - came from Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. Of the suspects arrested that day, one was Fijian-born, two were Chinese Fijians and four held Hong Kong passports; by week's end, raids in Hong Kong and Malaysia had nabbed six more Chinese and a Malaysian. What's thought...
...Years ago there were a ton of people coming through...Harvard Square is not the place it used to be. It’s like a mall now. Lot of originality, nostalgia is gone,” he said earlier this month...
...It’s a beautiful place to sail,” said star sophomore Genny Tulloch. “There are a ton of mountains all around—you can’t look around without seeing mountains.” But contrary to its reputation for strong winds, the gorge offered no breeze yesterday and spawned almost no races at all. All it could serve up was a rather irritating current...
...Ever milked a moose? Meet Helga, Juna and Gullan?three cows weighing nearly half a ton each, who live on Europe's only moose dairy farm: the Algens Hus near Bjurholm, some 60 km west of Ume? in northern Sweden. Together they yield enough milk to allow owners Christer and Ulla Johansson to produce about 350 kg of a tasty, healthy cheese. High in protein and low in fat, the delicacy?which can only be made during the May-to-September milking season?comes in three varieties: one similar to a Camembert, the other blue like a Gorgonzola...
...delays and charges of incompetence. Anxious to avoid a p.r. fiasco, authorities limited coverage to Greek state TV. The Deputy Culture Minister nervously smashed a bottle of red wine on the base of the arch and looked skyward. The gods of Olympus answered her silent prayer. The 9,000-ton roof segment moved - just. The closing, fittingly, was excruciatingly slow, the huge steel arch moving at a rate of 5.5 m/h as teams of engineers and builders hung like spiders from ropes and perched on cranes. It took four days in all. "Thank God," sighed Greece's chief Olympic organizer...