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Sheriff Joe Arpaio: I don't take orders from anybody.
Refusal by ‘America’s toughest sheriff’ to stop immigration sweeps fits into the career of a controversial populist.
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How can 40,000 troops fix chronic corruption in Afghanistan?
Gen. Stanley McChrystal reportedly wants 40,000 troops for Afghanistan. But Obama is worried that the government of President Hamid Karzai is too corrupt.
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Latin America breaks ranks in US war on drugs
Many countries in the region – most recently Mexico – have decriminalized small amounts of drugs for personal use. The moves have followed decisions by left-leaning governments to limit cooperation with the US in recent years.
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Report: Big drop in Afghan opium production
But the Taliban, who use the drug trade to fund their insurgency, may have two years’ worth of opium stockpiled.
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US applies Colombia antidrug lessons to Afghanistan
A new strategy in Afghanistan to combat the opium trade draws on US experience curbing cocaine shipments in Latin America.
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If Jackson's death was homicide, where will fault lie?
Revelations that the entertainer died from a lethal dose of propofol do not bode well for Dr. Conrad Murray.
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Drug war's hidden front: Nogales's tunnels
The Border Patrol has found more smuggling tunnels there than anywhere else in the US.
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Briefing: How Mexico is waging war on drug cartels
Who are the most powerful cartels, what are the risks of using the military to confront them, and how much progress has Mexico made so far?
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Move over, Nicolas Cage. Real "Lord of War" beats arms rap in Thailand.
Viktor Bout, an alleged arms dealer to war criminals, successfully fought a US extradition request in Thailand. Prosecutors are likely to appeal.
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Heroin's comeback: busts at levels not seen since the '70s.
Mexican dealers are flooding the market with a cheap form of heroin that is more potent than its predecessors, snaring younger users.
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Can doctors be convicted for prescription drug deaths?
New reports suggest that Michael Jackson's doctor is now being investigated in a manslaughter probe.
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Michael Jackson and prescription drugs: a window on a broader US issue?
Although no official determination about his death has been made, the case is shining new light on the widespread abuse of doctor-prescribed drugs.
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Crossfire towns
Eye-to-eye across the US-Mexican border, two communities confront drugs, guns, and misconceptions.
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Mexico's drug war seeps southward, too
From Guatemala to Panama, Central America is becoming a battleground for Mexican cartels.
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Legalize marijuana? Not so fast.
Backers serve up a timely batch of arguments, but their latest reasons are half-baked.
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New Orleans' 'Katrina Generation' struggles with drugs and depression
Suicides are up and hard drugs are more prevalent – trends that are both linked to the hurricane's legacy, experts say.
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A marijuana tax as the next new revenue stream?
Polls suggest increased support for decriminalizing and taxing the drug, but policy may not change soon.
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Lessons for Mexico from Colombia's capture of drug kingpin?
Officials nabbed Daniel Rendón Wednesday. Colombia has used extradition and technology to make headway against drug lords.
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Colombia extradites paramilitary leader to US over rights groups protests
Hebert Veloza Garcia's extradition will stymie efforts to find justice for his victims, say Colombian human rights groups.
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Mexico sends troops to border city in bid to control drug violence
The buildup in Ciudad Juárez, an entry point for drug smuggling on the US border, is meant to stop vicious fighting between drug cartels.
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Obama redefines war on terror
The president focuses on Al Qaeda and on repairing America’s image in the Muslim world.
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New worries about meth trends
After a decline in the number of labs in the US, amounts of the addictive drug have gone up.
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In Latin America, leftist leaders evict US drug warriors
Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela push back on US operations.
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Bolivians worry spat with US could kill jobs
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suspended a trade deal with Bolivia last week for failure to rein in coca growing. Some 50,000 jobs could be lost.
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Journalists targeted in latest Mexico drug violence
A newspaper editor, a columnist, police officers, and bar patrons are among those killed in separate acts of violence this past week.
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