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ESL Podcast 1185 Smuggling Across Borders Christina: What is the holdup? There are cars backed up for half a mile. Harry: I bet the border patrol is looking for smugglers. Christina: Do you really think so? I wonder if there could be a drug mule in o
By David Lewis A natural resources watchdog group issued a report Tuesday warning that smuggling and corruption are costing the Democratic Republic of Congo millions of dollars a month in lost revenue
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 29 April 2006 Israel says it is facing a new strategic threat from the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip, because of the smuggling of improved weapons across the Egyptian border.
Smuggling Tunnels Become Lifelines for Impoverished Gaza One of Gaza's major economic lifelines is a smuggling tunnel, 20 meters underground, stretching some 200 meters from Gaza into Egypt. It is used primarily to smuggle cement and gravel and some
Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: Legal experts call it America's most important debate on affirmative action in twenty-five years. Colleges and universities say they have a right t
By Leah Krakinowski Diamond smuggling in West Africa has become a steady, almost untraceable source of funding for U.S.-listed terror groups like al-Qaida and Hezbollah, according to information disco
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 February 2007 The U.N. refugee agency has raised to 107 the number of people who died trying to reach Yemen earlier this week. Their bodies have been found along a remote stretch of the Yemen coastline. Several people are s
The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned that new, smuggling rings taking advantage of refugees may be developing in eastern Sudan. It says 21 refugees from Eritrea and Somalia are feared to have drowned recently when their overloaded boat capsi
Arab foreign ministers met at the United Nations on Monday to discuss a draft resolution for the Security Council that calls for an immediate end to Israeli attacks in Gaza. Arab leaders met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as well as with re
Israeli warplanes have attacked smuggling tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, after militants in Gaza fired at least two rockets into southern Israel. The tit-for-tat violence is further complicating prospects to draft a truce between Israel a
By David Gollust State Department 16 April 2008 The United States Wednesday reaffirmed support for Georgia's territorial integrity after Russia said it was setting up legal ties with two Georgian separatist regions. A State Department official called
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2008 The U.N. refugee agency reports the number of people arriving on the coast of Yemen after being smuggled across the treacherous Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa has more than doubled this year. At the same time,
By Ron Corben Bangkok 01 March 2006 A United Nations international drug report says the world is facing an increase in the smuggling of both illegal and legal drugs through the international mail syst
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 13 July 2007 Two British teenagers have been provisionally charged with drug possession and drug trafficking in Ghana. Experts say Europeans, as well as pregnant women and minors, are increasingly being used by traffickers to
XIAMEN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Lai Changxing, the kingpin of a notorious smuggling ring, was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday for smuggling and bribery, the Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen said.
By Paula Wolfson White House 17 March 2008 President Bush says the U.S. economy is facing challenging times. But as VOA's Paula Wolfson tells us, the president says the government is taking decisive action. As a jittery U.S. stock market opened for b
The U.N. refugee agency says 65 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in three separate incidents involving smuggling boats in the Gulf of Aden during the past 48 hours. Somalia and Gulf of Aden These tragic events are just the latest in a lo
More than 600 police and customs officers from Shenzhen and Hong Kong participated in the operation on January 5th. Fu Zhihua, is the commanding officer of one of the teams of Shenzhen customs officers. In our search of suspect Yang Junhao's storage
ROME, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Milan have confirmed Alexandre Pato will be out of action for at least a month after suffering a thigh strain. The Brazilian hitman limped off during the opening stages of the 1-1 draw with Udinese last night. AC Milan anno
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 February 2008 Anti-tobacco campaigners negotiating a treaty to combat the illicit tobacco trade say cigarette smuggling is big business throughout the African continent and is resulting in serious health problems. Lisa Schle