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BBC News - Nigerian officials find heroin in shipment from Iran
Nigerian officials seize 130kg of heroin, worth nearly $10m (£6.25m), which they say was concealed in engine parts shipped from Iran.
11-20-2010 by chrisscott Tags find, from, heroin, iran, news, officials, shipment

Holder Admits Nine Justice Dept. Officials Worked for Terrorist Detainees
From Washington Examiner’s Byron York: Attorney General Eric Holder says nine Obama appointees in the Justice Department have represented or advocated for terrorist detainees before joining the Justice Department. But he does not reveal any names beyond
02-20-2010 by dannyquinn Tags admits, dept, holder, nine, officials, worked

Canadian officials: Man breached security
A man who authorities said apparently suffers from mental illness managed to breach security during the Olympics opening ceremony and get close to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Canadian officials said Wednesday.
02-18-2010 by patrickrooney Tags canadian, close, officials, security

Officials: 7 dead in Illinois apartment fire (AP)
AP - An early morning fire that ripped through a suburban Chicago apartment building on Sunday left seven people dead, including a newborn baby, a 3-year-old and four teenagers.
02-15-2010 by francesstevens Tags apartment, fire, illinois, officials

Officials seek release of 57 Philippine hostages (AP)
AP - Officials negotiated for a second day Friday with government-armed former militiamen who took 57 villagers hostage in the southern Philippines to press their demands that murder and banditry charges against them be dropped.
12-11-2009 by ericmatthews Tags hostages, officials, philippine, seek

U.S. officials say top al-Qaida leader killed
A “high-ranking” al-Qaida figure was killed Thursday in an attack by a U.S. Predator drone aircraft, U.S. officials told NBC News. Unmanned aerial vehicle. - MQ-1 Predator. - Military. - Aircraft. - Aviation.
12-11-2009 by ericmatthews Tags killed, leader, officials, qaida

Disaster officials rush aid to the Samoas
Police search mud-strewn streets, and pulverized homes as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 119.
10-01-2009 by mikeryan Tags disaster, officials, rush, samoas

Nigerian officials: ‘District 9’ not welcome here
One of the summer's biggest blockbusters — a sci-fi morality tale about aliens and apartheid — is not welcome in Nigeria because of its portrayal of Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals, Nigeria's information minister said Saturday.
09-28-2009 by francesstevens Tags here, officials, welcome

eight missing in Japan mudslides: officials (AFP)
AFP - Torrential rains triggered scores of floods and landslides in western Japan on Tuesday, leaving at least five people dead and eight more missing, police and other officials said.
07-21-2009 by ericmatthews Tags eight, five, japan, officials

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