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Marijuana for Christmas? Elderly Couple Arrested With 60 Pounds for Gifts
They told police that the marijuana was for Christmas presents. Nebraska sheriff's deputies found 60 bags of marijuana in the truck of an elderly California couple on Tuesday. The department estimated the street value of the pot at over $300,000. He faces felony charges for possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and having no drug tax stamp.
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Canada and USA set up talks on North Korea for January
Four ships were designated for carrying coal from North Korea by the council's North Korea sanctions committee in October. So far, USA -led sanctions on North Korea and diplomatic isolation haven't compelled Kim Jong Un's government to stop its nuclear and missile tests or to seek negotiations.
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North Korea: US calls for blacklist on 10 ships violating sanctions
The draft resolution will also demand the repatriation of North Koreans working overseas within 12 months. Pic: ReutersSEOUL: U.S. President Donald Trump's new national security strategy unveiled this week is a "criminal document" that seeks the "total subordination of the whole world to the interests of the U.S.", North Korea's foreign ministry said on Friday.
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5.2M quake hits Iranian capital
The epicentre was at Meshkin Dasht in Alborz Province, 50 km west of Tehran, Tasnim news agency quoted Morteza Salimi, the head of Relief and Rescue Organization of Iran's Red Crescent, as saying. The report said the quake hit just before 11.30pm Wednesday local time, Reuters reports. People in Tehran and suburban towns are on the streets in panic.
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Briton detained in Iran could be released soon
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has denied the charge. "Last night she met with her lawyer". UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was accused of making things worse for the British mum after he incorrectly told a Commons select committee that Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been teaching journalism in Iran on behalf of the her former employer, the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Rakitic ready to quit Barcelona if Coutinho arrives
Today the front cover leads with "The final stretch for Coutinho ", reporting that " Barça would pay 150 million euros for the player to arrive in January 2018 ". Paulinho said: "I've already talked a few times about the Coutinho question". Whether the Reds are willing to let go of their marquee player is another factor in the transfer saga.