Cocaine - the drink - goes on sale Belfast Telegraph | A controversial energy drink called Cocaine, marketed as 'The legal alternative' to the drug, was on sale yesterday, despite pledges by Keith Vaz, the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee to halt its arrival in the UK. | Mr Vaz said: "It's totally irresponsible and I'd like to see the Enviro...
It's enough to make a good cop cry Toronto Sun We expect a lot from the police. We expect them to help clean up crime ridden neighbourhoods, knowing full well that they are risking their lives when they do so. That's why the police shake their heads in amazement every time a judge acquits an obviously guilty person and releases the criminal back...
It's enough to make a good cop cry Toronto Sun We expect a lot from the police. We expect them to help clean up crime ridden neighbourhoods, knowing full well that they are risking their lives when they do so. That's why the police shake their heads in amazement every time a judge acquits an obvi...
The star who came back from the depths The Guardian As a drug addict and a convict, Robert Downey Jr was a Hollywood tragedy; now he is the best thing in Tropic Thunder, this summer's funniest film. David Smith looks at a story of redemption that shows there can be second acts in American lives | Perh...
Dutch, U.S. forces seize cocaine in Caribbean USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from Venezuela, Dutch a...
Dutch, U.S. team up in cocaine seizure CNN | ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -- The Dutch Navy said it has joined with the U.S. to seize 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from Venezuela. | The Dutch Navy said it is the largest haul of cocaine i...
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Former Chelsea star Mutu to appeal huge fine The Daily Mail | Fiorentina star Adrian Mutu has vowed to appeal against the £13.68million fine he has been ordered to pay former club Chelsea, slamming FIFA's ruling as 'unjust' and 'inhumane'. ...
Cocaine threatens stability in fragile West Africa San Diego DAKAR - Cocaine smuggling is fanning political turbulence and undermining investment confidence in West Africa, where drugs experts say Latin American gangs threaten to transform s...
Mutu ordered to pay Chelsea record £13.6m after sacking Belfast Telegraph | Chelsea yesterday registered their first victory of the new season when Fifa ordered their former striker Adrian Mutu to pay the club £13.68m in damages for breaching his contract after he tested positive for cocaine in 2004. It is the biggest fine...
Cocaine use trebles in a decade Belfast Telegraph | Almost two million people take illegal drugs at least once a month, with cocaine growing in popularity among teenagers and young adults, the widest-ranging official investigation into Britain's drugs habit has discovered. | Research published by th...
New investors visa to create jobs Journal Online By: Lee Ann L. Pattugalan THE Bureau of Immigration yesterday said at least 100,000 new jobs will be created as a result of the proposed new indefinite stay visa for foreigners who will employ at least 10 Filipinos in viable and sustainable businesses in the Philippines. | Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said the proposed new indefinite ...
Keeping fit by working at home The Statesman By Nivedita Choudhuri | Never mind the angst about size zero. Most of the population in Great Britain should worry more about resembling the shape of an O. Obesity is a major issue in the UK, and as more and more people put on excess weight it is a problem that is only likely to get worse. | It came as no surprise then when I read in a newspaper re...
