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Canada Weighs Banning Internet Drug Sales

Internet sales of prescription drugs (search) to U.S. consumers could be banned by Canada if a proposal being drafted by health officials is approved, changes that would essentially kill a $700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine. The issue has become …

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Coast Guard Joins Counterterrorism Business

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Though known for its search-and-rescue efforts at sea, the U.S. Coast Guard (search) is now training members to fight terrorism. The new Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center (search) has just opened at a former Naval base in Charleston, S.C., and will teach counterterrorism techniques to some 2,000 …

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Ethiopian Torture Suspect Nabbed

ATLANTA – An Ethiopian immigrant suspected of torturing and murdering dissidents in a military dictatorship in Ethiopia (search) during the 1970s was arrested Tuesday by federal agents and faces deportation. Kelbessa Negewo (search), 54, remains in federal custody and will face a deportation hearing before an immigration judge in the …

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