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• Boy improving after Michigan buggy crash kills 3 siblings

  19-09-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The condition of a Michigan boy who survived a horse-drawn buggy crash that killed his three siblings improved Thursday, a day after the tragedy that shocked the local Amish community.Henry Detweiler told the Lansing State Journal that the children — ages 6, 8, 10 and 13 — had finished school Wednesday and were headed to his blacksmith shop, less than 3 miles(4.8 kilometers) away, in Eaton County, southwest of the state capital."I bawled all the way home," said Kevin Newton, who ofte
  
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• Three Mile Island nuclear power plant's shutdown is imminent

  19-09-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The final shutdown of Three Mile Island, where 1979's terrifying partial meltdown became a landmark event in the life cycle of nuclear power in the United States, is imminent.Exelon Corp. officials said the plant will stop producing electricity around noon Friday, following through on a decision the Chicago-based energy giant made in May after it became clear that it would not get a financial rescue from Pennsylvania.The accident that destroyed Three Mile Island's Unit 2 badly undermined public
  
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• The Latest: California defends tax return law after setback

  19-09-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  California's elections chief says he believes a state law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns is constitutional despite a legal setback.California Secretary of State Alex Padilla's comments Thursday come after a federal judge sided with the Trump campaign in its request to halt the law.The law requires presidential candidates to release five years of tax returns to appear on the state's March 2020 primary ballot.
  
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• India Seeks to Adopt China-Style Facial Recognition in Policing

  19-09-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- India is planning to set up one of the world’s largest facial recognition systems, potentially a lucrative opportunity for surveillance companies and a nightmare for privacy advocates who fear it will lead to a Chinese-style Orwellian state.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will open bids next month to build a system to centralize facial recognition data captured through surveillance cameras across India. It would link up with databases containing records for e
  
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• India Is Planning a Huge China-Style Facial Recognition Program

  19-09-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- India is planning to set up one of the world’s largest facial recognition systems, potentially a lucrative opportunity for surveillance companies and a nightmare for privacy advocates who fear it will lead to a Chinese-style Orwellian state.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will open bids next month to build a system to centralize facial recognition data captured through surveillance cameras across India. It would link up with databases containing records for e
  
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• Single 25-year-old mother of 3 diagnosed with terminal cancer: 'I'm scared of leaving them behind'

  19-09-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A single mother of three who had gone cancer-free for months has now been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
  
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• Transgender prisoner who sued dies days before release

  19-09-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A transgender prison inmate who sued the state of New York, saying she was raped in a men's prison, has died of cancer days before she was to be freed on parole.LeslieAnn Manning, who had been serving a 30-year sentence for shooting at a police car, died Saturday at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, near Buffalo, according to the state corrections department.Manning, 53, had lung cancer, said her attorney, Susan Hazeldean.
  
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• Bernie Sanders First to Reach 1 Million Donors: Campaign Update

  19-09-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has 1 million individual donors, making him the first Democrat to reach the milestone in this cycle, his campaign said Thursday.“Our strength is in numbers, and that is why Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who is able to say his campaign will rely only on grassroots funding in both the primary and against Donald Trump,” Campaign Manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement. “Like all campaigns we are beholden to our dono
  
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• NRA: Trump Administration’s Background-Check Proposal a ‘Non-Starter’

  19-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association on Wednesday called the the Trump administration's proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers a "non-starter.""This missive is a non-starter with the NRA and our 5 million members because it burdens law-abiding gun owners while ignoring what actually matters: fixing the broken mental health system and the prosecution of violent criminals," said the executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, Jason Ouimet, in a statement.The
  
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• Justin Trudeau says white 'privilege' blinded him to racism of blackface as he expresses 'deep regret'

  19-09-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Justin Trudeau has refused to rule out the existence of more pictures of himself in blackface as he said white "privilege" had blinded him to the racism of the practice.  Three separate cases of Mr Trudeau wearing blackface have emerged in the last two days, shredding his reputation as a liberal poster boy a month before the Canadian elections. During a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Mr Trudeau said he "deeply regretted" the incidents, saying it was the sort of discrimination ethni
  
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• Injured crewman sues California dive boat owner after 34 diein fiery tragedy

  19-09-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Ryan Sims filed the suit last week in Ventura County Superior Court saying the Conception dive boat was unseaworthy and operated in an unsafe manner.
  
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• Trump intel scandal: White House threatened with legal action for refusing to share explosive whistleblower complaint

  19-09-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff warned of possible legal action Thursday if intelligence officials did not share a potentially explosive whistleblower complaint prompted by President Donald Trump’s interactions with a foreign leader.Mr Schiff called acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire’s refusal to share the complaint with Congress “unprecedented” and said he understood the Justice Department was involved in the decision.
  
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• Alien enthusiasts descend on Nevada desert near secretive U.S. base

  19-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  UFO enthusiasts began descending on rural Nevada on Thursday near the secret U.S. military installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, with local authorities hoping the visitors were coming in peace.Some residents of Rachel, a remote desert town of 50 people a short distance from the military base, worried their community might be overwhelmed by unruly crowds turning out in response to a recent, viral social-media invitation to "storm" Area 51.The to
  
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• Marianne Williamson wants a national mandatory service for people ages 18-26 to combat climate change

  19-09-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  At a presidential climate forum hosted by MSNBC, Marianne Williamson said Americans need a "World War II" level of mobilization against climate change.
  
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• The Navy SEAL who ran the bin Laden raid says negotiating with the Taliban is like sitting down for talks with ISIS

  19-09-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Talking to the Taliban is like meeting with ISIS, the retired Navy SEAL said weeks after Trump tried to bring Taliban leaders to the US for talks.
  
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• Parents of Israeli held in Gaza plead for news, action five years on

  19-09-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of an Israeli man believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza since 2014 travelled to Geneva this week to demand international action to help bring him home.Avera Mengistu, a 33-year-old Israeli of Ethiopian descent, is depressed and suffering from mental problems since the death of his older brother when he crossed into Gaza five years ago.Israel's defence ministry determined he was being held by Hamas, but the Islamist movement governing Gaza has to date provided no information about his
  
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• Passengers panic as Delta flight plunges nearly 30,000 feet in under 8 minutes

  19-09-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Delta flight 2353 dropped from nearly 39,000 feet to under 10,000 feet in minutes. The plane, bound for Fort Lauderdale, diverted to Tampa.
  
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• Trump: San Francisco to get environmental violation for homelessness

  19-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump said late Wednesday that his administration would issue a notice of environmental violation against the city of San Francisco because of what he described as its homelessness problem.
  
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• How to make ratatouille, a vegetable dish that's both hearty and healthy

  19-09-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  This fall ratatouille recipe works perfectly as a side dish or a delicious vegetarian main. The different colored veggieslooks great on the table, too.
  
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• AOC on DC statehood: 'Disenfranchisement' of DC rooted in the 'history of slavery'

  19-09-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cited the disenfranchisement of the majority-minority city as "upholding the injustice of the practices enacted during slavery."
  
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• ‘We are preparing for the worst’: Storm Area 51 event could be disaster, locals fear

  19-09-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Local residents are "preparing for the worst" as fans of the viral Storm Area 51 Facebook event descend on a town near the secretive military base.The event could become a disaster as people struggle with the difficult conditions in Nevada without proper preparation, they have warned.
  
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• US and Canada have lost more than 1 in 4 birds in the past 50 years

  19-09-2019 20:23
  Data show that since 1970, the US and Canada have lost nearly 3 billion birds, a massive reduction in abundance involving hundreds of species, from beloved backyard songbirds to long-distance migrants.
  
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• Division by subtraction: Extinction of large mammal species likely drove survivors apart

  19-09-2019 20:23
  A new study suggests that the extinctions of mammoths, dire wolves and other large mammal species in North America drove surviving species to distance themselves from their neighbors, reducing interactions as predators and prey, territorial competitors or scavengers. The discovery could preview the ecological effects of future extinctions, the researchers say.
  
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• Wild animals' immune systems decline with age, sheep study finds

  19-09-2019 20:22
  It is well established that weakened immune systems in old age affect people's health and fitness, but a study suggests that it is also an issue for wild animals.
  
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• Antimicrobial resistance is drastically rising

  19-09-2019 20:22
  Researchers have shown that antimicrobial-resistant infections are rapidly increasing in animals in low and middle income countries. They produced the first global of resistance rates, and identified regions where interventions are urgently needed.
  
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• Officer who guarded El Chapo's wife arrested in drug sting

  19-09-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A New York City police officer who moonlighted as a bodyguard for the wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested in a drug sting Wednesday after prosecutors say he transported cocaine for an undercover officer posing as a drug dealer.Ishmael Bailey, 36, cried as he was arraigned Wednesday night on charges including possession and sale of a controlled substance, receiving bribes and official misconduct.
  
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• Fox News Hosts Scold Right-Wing Pundit for Mocking Greta Thunberg: 'No Kid Bashing!'

  19-09-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Conservative pundit Buck Sexton seemingly thought on Thursday afternoon that he was in a safe space to mock 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg by appearing on Fox News. He apparently thought wrong.While sitting in as the lone male guest-host of Outnumbered—a woman-led daytime talk show—Sexton joined forces with co-hosts Dagen McDowell and Melissa Francis in ridiculing NBC News for launching a “climate confessions” section.“Climate change is a religious beli
  
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• US and Canada have lost more than one in four birds since 1970

  19-09-2019 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Three billion birds have been lost across diverse groups and habitats, in what researchers describe as a ‘wake-up call’The US and Canada have lost more than one in four birds – a total of three billion – since 1970, culminating in what scientists who published a new study are calling a “widespread ecological crisis”.Researchers observed a 29% decline in bird populations across diverse groups and habitats – from songbirds such as meadowlarks to long-dista
  
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• The U.S. May Strike a Fatal Blow to the WTO Sooner Than Expected

  19-09-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. A U.S. lawyer who is one of the last remaining members of an international panel that rules on trade disputes may resign in December, a move that would cripple the global conflict settlement system.The voluntary departure of Thomas Graham, who has served on the World Trade Organization panel since 2011, would accelerate the appellate body’s looming demise and force co
  
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• Senate Democrats release list of climate studies buried by Trump administration

  19-09-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 1,400 USDA studies related to climate change were found.
  
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• PHOTOS: Rescued sea otter pups being named in a digital contest

  19-09-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Heading into Sea Otter Awareness Week, people across the country will have a say in how two rescued southern sea otter pups at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium get names. The aquarium will host a digital naming contest focused on building affinity and understanding around sea otters and inspiring voters to also make their voices heard in support of conservation legislation and protections that are critical for vulnerable species.
  
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• 2nd '500-year rainfall' in 2 years will cause $8 billion in damages, AccuWeather predicts

  19-09-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Angel Marshman wades through floodwaters from Tropical Depression Imelda after trying to start his flooded car Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AccuWeather estimates the total damage and economic loss caused by Imelda will be $8 billion, according to the company's Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers, based on an analysis of damages expected from major flooding caused by heavy rainfall over eastern Texas and far southwestern Louisiana.The estimate includes
  
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• American Airlines Mechanic who Sabotaged Plane before Takeoff Suspected of ISIS Ties

  19-09-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge denied bail on Wednesday to an American Airlines mechanic, who has been incarcerated since July for sabotaging a plane with 150 people on board, due to suspicions the mechanic has ties to ISIS.Abdul-Majeed Alani was arrested on September 5 and confessed to tampering with a Boeing 737 at Miami International Airport weeks earlier, grounding the plane before it had a chance to take off. He told investigators at the time that he was upset over a contract dispute involving a union, an
  
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• Buttigieg’s Health Plan Gets One Big Thing Right

  19-09-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, jumped into the Democratic presidential primary’s most contentious issue on Thursday with the release of his “Medicare for All Who Want It” outline. A particularly bold part of his health plan tackles a key issue largely avoided by the other candidates. Buttigieg comes down firmly on former Vice President Joe Biden’s side with a plan that closely resembles the one the front-r
  
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• Mountain lion sneaks into family's home, lounges on bathroom floor, police say

  19-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A family in Sonora, California, ended up with a mountain lion lying on the floor after he broke into their home.
  
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• US congressional panel examines whistleblower complaint involving Trump

  19-09-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior US intelligence official appeared before a congressional committee Thursday to discuss a whistleblower complaint which The Washington Post said involves behavior by President Donald Trump.According to the newspaper, the complaint filed by a US intelligence official stemmed from Trump's communications with a foreign leader and a "promise" allegedly made by the president.The intelligence official filed a complaint with Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community
  
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• The Latest: Czech company: Our engine wasn't used in attack

  19-09-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A Czech company whose small jet engine is believed to have been used in a cruise missile that attacked a key Saudi Arabian oil installation says it was a low-quality copy, not their genuine product.Marek Fiala, marketing director PBS Velka Bites, a unit of the PBS Group, said: "We have nothing to do with this case and we feel damaged by the fact that we are linked to it," in a statement sent Wednesday to The Associated Press.The Czech company says that it believes the engine in the missile "is n
  
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• UPDATE 1-Arab coalition says foiled Houthi attack in Red Sea off Yemen

  19-09-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group on Thursday, an incident that could further increase regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations."The coalition's naval forces detected an attempt by the terrorist Houthi militia backed by Iran to carry out an imminent act of aggression and terrorism south of the Red Sea using an unmanned, rigged boat ... launched from Hodeidah province,"
  
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• All the National Coffee Day deals and freebies you should take advantage of

  19-09-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  National Coffee Day takes place on Sept. 29 and luckily for customers, there are tons of deals and even free cups of coffee to be had.
  
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• Trump closes doors to immigrants, some US citizens open them

  19-09-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  As news of immigrant parents being separated from their children at the border filled headlines last summer, Vivien Tartter became distraught.Tartter is one more of a small but growing number of U.S. citizens who have picked up immigrants from detention centers, driven them to bus stations and doctor appointments, shared meals with them or hosted them at their homes, sometimes for one night, sometimes for a full year.At a time when the nation seems starkly divided on who should be allowed to res
  
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• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Verdict Leads to Angry Fallout

  19-09-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Christopher FurlongTOKYO—Three executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) who ignored repeated warnings of a potential tidal wave that could result in a nuclear disaster, which did in fact take place, were found not guilty of criminal negligence resulting in death and injury by a Tokyo Court on Thursday. Many feel justice was poorly served. However, a former prosecutor says that the verdict was to be expected. * * *The Four-Hour Verdict* * *The Tokyo District Court ruled forme
  
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• Iranian Foreign Minister Says U.S. Military Strike Means ‘All-Out War’

  19-09-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran warned Thursday that a U.S. military strike would result in an "all-out war" with the state terror sponsor that would result in "a lot of casualties."“What would be the consequence of an American or Saudi military strike on Iran right now?” CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh asked Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview."An all-out war," Zarif said.“You make a very serious statement there, sir,” Walsh told the diplomat.“Well, I make a very
  
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• Death of troubled officer whose gun wasn't taken away marks record number of suicides in NYPD

  19-09-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A police officer's recent death has disturbingly highlighted the record number of suicides among members of the New York Police Department this year.
  
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• This nomad couple travels the country and lives out of their custom built van!

  19-09-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Bre and Lacey made the move from a regular home in California to life on the road, traveling across the country in their personalized sprinter van. Today, the couple has created a business out of transforming classic vans into mobile homes! Learn more on this episode of "No Place Like Home!"
  
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• This Plane Landed on a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier. The Pilot Wasn't American.

  19-09-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  It might have a little to do with Russia.
  
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• Trump's new national security adviser is a 'nice guy', but poorly equipped for one of the toughest jobs in the White House, sources say

  19-09-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump lauded O'Brien for his 38-0 negotiation record, but US and European officials feel the new national security adviser will be treading water.
  
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• China Is Waging a Silent Media War for Global Influence

  19-09-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a soft-power arms race.
  
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• Netanyahu, Gantz in standoff over Israeli unity government

  19-09-2019 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz were in a standoff over calls for a unity government on Thursday as election results put the premier's long tenure at risk.In a major development following Tuesday's polls, Netanyahu said he preferred to form a right-wing coalition, but that the results showed it was not possible.
  
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• Third Photo of Justin Trudeau in Blackface Threatens to Destroy His Progressive Reputation

  19-09-2019 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERS/Chris WattieThe progressive reputation of Justin Trudeau is in ruins Thursday morning after a third instance emerged of the Canadian prime minister wearing racist dark face-paint.The first photo that surfaced, showing Trudeau in 2001 wearing brownface as part of an Aladdin costume, would have been enough to turn some voters off him forever. But, within hours, a second photo was published of him wearing blackface to sing the Jamaican folk song “Day-O,” followed by a third vide
  
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• Guatemala joins ranks of cocaine producers as plantations and labs emerge

  19-09-2019 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Guatemala is no longer just a transit point for traffickers seeking to smuggle cocaine north towards the United States, authorities said on Thursday after security officials discovered several coca plantations and processing laboratories.The finds underscored concerns that cocaine production is moving beyond Andean nations, where the leaf has traditionally been grown, and closer to its main market, the United States.The discoveries of coca plantations and laboratories in different locations prom
  
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