Topic: - on March 5, 2003 at 12:17:01 PM CET
Afghanistan retakes heroin crown
Afghanistan retook its place as the world's leading producer of heroin last year, after US-led forces overthrew the Taliban which had banned cultivation of opium poppies.
The finding was made in a key drug report, distributed in Kabul on Sunday by the US State Department, which supports almost identical findings by the United Nations last week.
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Topic: - on March 5, 2003 at 12:12:02 PM CET
Pirate queen
Cyber-boss Nikki Hemming is defiant. Her landmark case against Hollywood and the music industry will be a bloody battle. But she says she’ll win. Chris Johnston reports.
The music and film moguls would never believe this — because to them she is Public Enemy Number One — but Nikki Hemming still pays for CDs and movies.
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