56 10 okay AFP_ENG_20050318.0188 Ending a four-month operation, Slovenian police detained 29 alleged members of a gang that smuggled illegal immigrants from Croatia through Slovenia into Italy, the Slovenian press reported on Friday. The group, comprising mainly Slovenians or citizens from other former Yugoslav states, was one of the largest of its kind to be dismantled in Slovenia, private POP TV reported. The gang charged between 200 and 500 euros (260 and 650 dollars) to guide immigrants in small groups on foot across the border from Croatia before taking them by car to the frontier with Italy, the  reports said.
56 10 okay AFP_ENG_20050318.0188 THE GANG CHARGED BETWEEN 200 AND 500 EUROS (260 AND 650 DOLLARS) TO GUIDE IMMIGRANTS IN SMALL GROUPS ON FOOT ACROSS THE BORDER FROM CROATIA BEFORE TAKING THEM BY CAR TO THE FRONTIER WITH ITALY, THE REPORTS SAID.
56 10 okay AFP_ENG_20050824.0206 They crossed the Croatian border on foot and were planning to continue their journey in the vans police said
56 10 okay APW_ENG_20050509.0390 2005-05-09 Croatia Police arrested two Croats who smuggled four Kosovo Albanians to neighboring Slovenia, a European Union country. One of the Croats guided the Albanians into Slovenia on foot across a river, but they were caught by Slovene police in a border village. The Albanians were deported back to Croatia and Croatian police then captured the smugglers, Zagreb police said.
56 11 okay AFP_ENG_20050318.0188 2005-03-18 Slovenian police detained 29 alleged members of a gang that smuggled illegal immigrants from Croatia through Slovenia into Italy, the Slovenian press reported on Friday. The group, comprising mainly Slovenians or citizens from other former Yugoslav states, was one of the largest of its kind to be dismantled in Slovenia. The gang charged between 200 and 500 euros (260 and 650 dollars) to guide immigrants in small groups on foot across the border from Croatia before taking them by car to the frontier with Italy, the reports said. Police also detained 90 immigrants while some managed to escape. Most came from other former Yugoslav states.
56 11 okay AFP_ENG_20050318.0188 Ending a four-month operation, Slovenian police detained 29 alleged members of a gang that smuggled illegal immigrants from Croatia through Slovenia into Italy, the Slovenian press reported on Friday. The group, comprising mainly Slovenians or citizens from other former Yugoslav states, was one of the largest of its kind to be dismantled in Slovenia, private POP TV reported. The gang charged between 200 and 500 euros (260 and 650 dollars) to guide immigrants in small groups on foot across the border from Croatia before taking them by car to the frontier with Italy, the  reports said.
56 12 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 25-year-old Bosnian was also caught trying to smuggle 25 people, including two children, through to Slovenia on Monday. The immigrants were from Albania, Serbia-Montenegro and Pakistan.
56 12 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 29-year-old Slovenian was detected by a border patrol as he was transporting 15 people by van into Slovenia via Croatia's northwestern border early Tuesday. Most of the immigrants were from Albania.  A 25-year-old Bosnian was also caught trying to smuggle 25 people, including two children, through to Slovenia on Monday. The immigrants were from Albania, Serbia-Montenegro and Pakistan. ... Croatia is a popular transit route for illegal immigrants, drugs and other contraband to Western Europe. Neighboring Slovenia is part of the European
56 13 okay APW_ENG_20060109.0637 2006-01-09 Three Chinese nationals and nine residents of Serbia were charged Monday with smuggling Chinese immigrants through the Balkans to western Europe, authorities said. Belgrade District Court prosecutors said the traffickers had smuggled an unspecified number of illegal immigrants from China from early 2004 until August 2005, charging US$10,000 (euro8,300) per immigrant. The operation was discovered when a random police search in August in eastern Serbia uncovered four illegal Chinese being transported in a van. Ten of the 12 suspects are in custody while the alleged ringleader _ identified in the indictment as Huang Honghui _ remains at large, along with another Serbian suspect. Both will likely be tried in absentia. Huang had allegedly been bringing the immigrants as legal tourists to Romania, Serbia's eastern neighbor. From there, they were smuggled into Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, before heading to Italy and other west European countries.
56 14 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 25-year-old Bosnian was also caught trying to smuggle 25 people including two children through to Slovenia on Monday
56 14 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 25-year-old Bosnian was also caught trying to smuggle 25 people, including two children, through to Slovenia on Monday. The immigrants were from Albania, Serbia-Montenegro and Pakistan.
56 14 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 29-year-old Slovenian was detected by a border patrol as he was transporting 15 people by van into Slovenia via Croatia's northwestern border early Tuesday. Most of the immigrants were from Albania.  A 25-year-old Bosnian was also caught trying to smuggle 25 people, including two children, through to Slovenia on Monday. The immigrants were from Albania, Serbia-Montenegro and Pakistan. ... Croatia is a popular transit route for illegal immigrants, drugs and other contraband to Western Europe. Neighboring Slovenia is part of the European
56 15 okay APW_ENG_20050509.0390 2005-05-09 Croatia Police arrested two Croats who smuggled four Kosovo Albanians to neighboring Slovenia, a European Union country. One of the Croats guided the Albanians into Slovenia on foot across a river, but they were caught by Slovene police in a border village. The Albanians were deported back to Croatia and Croatian police then captured the smugglers, Zagreb police said.
56 15 okay APW_ENG_20050509.0390 Police arrested two Croats who smuggled four Kosovo Albanians to neighboring Slovenia, a European Union country, over the weekend, officials said Monday.
56 15 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from  Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday. All the illegal aliens were from Serbia's poverty-stricken southern region of Kosovo and were caught crossing into Croatia on foot at its easternmost border, police spokesman Miroslav Janic said. They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans. Police also arrested one driver, a Croat citizen, and ...
56 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants, most of them Albanians, were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia, a member of the European Union, police said Tuesday.
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050610.0595 2005-06-10 A joint operation by Croat, Italian and Slovene police broke an international human-trafficking ring suspected of smuggling more than 150 illegal immigrants into the European Union. Croat police arrested 17 suspects, while Italian and Slovene authorities arrested another seven apiece. The group allegedly smuggled 156 people mostly from Turkey and the former Yugoslavia into the European Union during the past year, earning more than euro1,000 (US$1,220) per person.
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050610.0595 A joint operation by Croat Italian and Slovene police broke an international human-trafficking ring suspected of smuggling more than 150 illegal immigrants into the European Union Croatian police reported Friday
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday.
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from  Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday. All the illegal aliens were from Serbia's poverty-stricken southern region of Kosovo and were caught crossing into Croatia on foot at its easternmost border, police spokesman Miroslav Janic said. They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans. Police also arrested one driver, a Croat citizen, and ...
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050927.0368 Croatian police arrested two men after they were caught trying to smuggle 40 illegal immigrants into the European Union police reported Tuesday
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050927.0368 CROATIAN POLICE ARRESTED TWO MEN AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT TRYING TO SMUGGLE 40 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION, POLICE REPORTED TUESDAY.
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050927.0368 Croatian police arrest two men smuggling 40 illegal immigrants ZAGREB , Croatia Croatian police arrested two men after they were caught trying to smuggle 40 illegal immigrants into the European Union , police reported .
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050927.0368 Croatian police arrest two men smuggling 40 illegal immigrants   ZAGREB, Croatia    Croatian police arrested two men after they were caught trying to smuggle 40 illegal immigrants into the European Union, police reported Tuesday.
56 1 vital APW_ENG_20050927.0368 ZAGREB , Croatia Croatian police arrested two men after they were caught trying to smuggle 40 illegal immigrants into the European Union , police reported Tuesday
56 2 okay AFP_ENG_20050901.0553 ZAGREB Sept 1 Twenty-two illegal immigrants mostly from Serbia-Montenegro and one Croatian national suspected of being involved in people-smuggling were detained while trying to cross the Croatian border into Slovenia police said Thursday
56 2 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday. The group, which also included eight Albanians and four citizens  of Serbia-Montenegro, ... Slovenian police also arrested three Croatian smugglers who had transported the group in two vehicles ... Croatia is located on the so-called "Balkans route" used by organized crime groups to smuggle drugs and illegal migrants heading towards their western European destinations.
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police arrest 44 illegal immigrants ZAGREB , Croatia Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from Serbia - Montenegro , police reported .
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police arrest 44 illegal immigrants   ZAGREB, Croatia    Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday.
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from Serbia-Montenegro police reported Wednesday
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday.
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 CROATIAN POLICE DETAINED 44 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS EN ROUTE TO WESTERN EUROPE FROM SERBIA-MONTENEGRO, POLICE REPORTED WEDNESDAY.
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from  Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday. All the illegal aliens were from Serbia's poverty-stricken southern region of Kosovo and were caught crossing into Croatia on foot at its easternmost border, police spokesman Miroslav Janic said. They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans. Police also arrested one driver, a Croat citizen, and ...
56 2 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 25-year-old Bosnian was also caught trying to smuggle 25 people, including two children, through to Slovenia on Monday. The immigrants were from Albania, Serbia-Montenegro and Pakistan.
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Croatia detains 40 clandestine immigrants ZAGREB , Sept 27 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants , most of them Albanians , were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia , a member of the European Union , police said .
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Croatia detains 40 clandestine immigrants   ZAGREB, Sept 27    Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants, most of them Albanians, were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia, a member of the European Union, police said Tuesday.
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants , most of them Albanians , caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia , member of European Union , police said
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants most of them Albanians were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia a member of the European Union police said Tuesday
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants, most of them Albanians, were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia, a member of the European Union, police said Tuesday.
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 TWO GROUPS OF 40 CLANDESTINE IMMIGRANTS, MOST OF THEM ALBANIANS, WERE CAUGHT WHILE TRYING TO CROSS CROATIA'S BORDER INTO SLOVENIA, A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, POLICE SAID TUESDAY.
56 3 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday. The group, which also included eight Albanians and four citizens  of Serbia-Montenegro, ... Slovenian police also arrested three Croatian smugglers who had transported the group in two vehicles ... Croatia is located on the so-called "Balkans route" used by organized crime groups to smuggle drugs and illegal migrants heading towards their western European destinations.
56 3 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 29-year-old Slovenian was detected by a border patrol as he was transporting 15 people by van into Slovenia via Croatia's northwestern border early Tuesday. Most of the immigrants were from Albania.
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 2006-03-06 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday. The group, which also included eight Albanians and four citizens of Serbia-Montenegro, was detained after it illegally crossed the border with Slovenia from western Croatia, the HINA news agency reported. Following a tip off Slovenian police also arrested three Croatian smugglers who had transported the group in two vehicles and transferred them to the Croatian authorities.
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia including four Israelis after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces police said Monday
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday.
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 POLICE IN SLOVENIA HAVE EXPELLED 16 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BACK TO CROATIA, INCLUDING FOUR ISRAELIS, AFTER DETAINING THEM IN A JOINT OPERATION WITH CROATIAN FORCES, POLICE SAID MONDAY.
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday. The group, which also included eight Albanians and four citizens  of Serbia-Montenegro, ... Slovenian police also arrested three Croatian smugglers who had transported the group in two vehicles ... Croatia is located on the so-called "Balkans route" used by organized crime groups to smuggle drugs and illegal migrants heading towards their western European destinations.
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Slovenia expels 16 illegal immigrants , including four Israelis , to Croatia ZAGREB , in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia , including four Israelis , after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces , police said .
56 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Slovenia expels 16 illegal immigrants, including four Israelis, to Croatia   ZAGREB, March 6, 2006    Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050318.0188 2005-03-18 Slovenian police detained 29 alleged members of a gang that smuggled illegal immigrants from Croatia through Slovenia into Italy, the Slovenian press reported on Friday. The group, comprising mainly Slovenians or citizens from other former Yugoslav states, was one of the largest of its kind to be dismantled in Slovenia. The gang charged between 200 and 500 euros (260 and 650 dollars) to guide immigrants in small groups on foot across the border from Croatia before taking them by car to the frontier with Italy, the reports said. Police also detained 90 immigrants while some managed to escape. Most came from other former Yugoslav states.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050824.0206 Croatia is situated on the so-called Balkans route through which organized crime groups smuggle drugs and illegal migrants hoping to reach destinations in western Europe.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants , most of them Albanians , caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia , member of European Union , police said
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants most of them Albanians were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia a member of the European Union police said Tuesday
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 Two groups of 40 clandestine immigrants, most of them Albanians, were caught while trying to cross Croatia's border into Slovenia, a member of the European Union, police said Tuesday.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050927.0300 TWO GROUPS OF 40 CLANDESTINE IMMIGRANTS, MOST OF THEM ALBANIANS, WERE CAUGHT WHILE TRYING TO CROSS CROATIA'S BORDER INTO SLOVENIA, A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, POLICE SAID TUESDAY.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Croatia is located on the so-called Balkans route used by organized crime groups to smuggle drugs and illegal migrants heading towards their western European destinations.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Police in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia, including four Israelis, after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces, police said Monday.
56 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Slovenia expels 16 illegal immigrants , including four Israelis , to Croatia ZAGREB , in Slovenia have expelled 16 illegal immigrants back to Croatia , including four Israelis , after detaining them in a joint operation with Croatian forces , police said .
56 5 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from  Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday. All the illegal aliens were from Serbia's poverty-stricken southern region of Kosovo and were caught crossing into Croatia on foot at its easternmost border, police spokesman Miroslav Janic said. They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans. Police also arrested one driver, a Croat citizen, and ...
56 5 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia which is part of the European Union in three mini-vans
56 5 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 Croatian police arrested two men after they were caught trying to smuggle 40 illegal immigrants into the European Union police reported Tuesday
56 6 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from  Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday. All the illegal aliens were from Serbia's poverty-stricken southern region of Kosovo and were caught crossing into Croatia on foot at its easternmost border, police spokesman Miroslav Janic said. They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans. Police also arrested one driver, a Croat citizen, and ...
56 6 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia which is part of the European Union in three mini-vans
56 6 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans.
56 6 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY TO BE SMUGGLED FROM CROATIA TO NEIGHBORING SLOVENIA, WHICH IS PART OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, IN THREE MINI-VANS.
56 6 okay APW_ENG_20050927.0368 A 29-year-old Slovenian was detected by a border patrol as he was transporting 15 people by van into Slovenia via Croatia's northwestern border early Tuesday. Most of the immigrants were from Albania.
56 7 okay AFP_ENG_20041104.0468 The six, who were detained Wednesday, are accused of smuggling immigrants from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro to Slovenia and Italy, police said.
56 8 okay AFP_ENG_20041104.0468 SIX CROATIANS AND ONE CITIZEN OF SERBIA-MONTENEGRO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF INVOLVEMENT IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING THAT SMUGGLED SOME 150 PEOPLE INTO WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, POLICE SAID THURSDAY.
56 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050901.0553 Twenty-two illegal immigrants, mostly from Serbia-Montenegro, and one Croatian national suspected of being involved in people-smuggling were detained while trying to cross the Croatian border into Slovenia, police said Thursday.
56 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050901.0553 Twenty-two illegal immigrants, one trafficker detained in Croatia   ZAGREB, Sept 1    Twenty-two illegal immigrants, mostly from Serbia-Montenegro, and one Croatian national suspected of being involved in people-smuggling were detained while trying to cross the Croatian border into Slovenia, police said Thursday.
56 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050901.0553 ZAGREB Sept 1 Twenty-two illegal immigrants mostly from Serbia-Montenegro and one Croatian national suspected of being involved in people-smuggling were detained while trying to cross the Croatian border into Slovenia police said Thursday
56 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060306.0378 Following a tip off Slovenian police also arrested three Croatian smugglers who had transported the group in two vehicles and transferred them to the Croatian authorities.
56 8 okay APW_ENG_20050509.0390 2005-05-09 Croatia Police arrested two Croats who smuggled four Kosovo Albanians to neighboring Slovenia, a European Union country. One of the Croats guided the Albanians into Slovenia on foot across a river, but they were caught by Slovene police in a border village. The Albanians were deported back to Croatia and Croatian police then captured the smugglers, Zagreb police said.
56 8 okay APW_ENG_20050824.0349 Croatian police detained 44 illegal immigrants en route to Western Europe from  Serbia-Montenegro, police reported Wednesday. All the illegal aliens were from Serbia's poverty-stricken southern region of Kosovo and were caught crossing into Croatia on foot at its easternmost border, police spokesman Miroslav Janic said. They were allegedly to be smuggled from Croatia to neighboring Slovenia, which is part of the European Union, in three mini-vans. Police also arrested one driver, a Croat citizen, and ...
56 9 okay AFP_ENG_20041104.0468 2004-11-04 Six Croatians and one citizen of Serbia-Montenegro have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a human trafficking ring that smuggled some 150 people into western European countries, police said Thursday. The six, who were detained Wednesday, are accused of smuggling immigrants from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro to Slovenia and Italy, police said. Over the past 12 months the group has allegedly smuggled some 150 immigrants into western Europe, each of whom payed an average amount of 1,000 euros (1,300 dollars).
56 9 okay AFP_ENG_20041104.0468 Six Croatians and one citizen of Serbia-Montenegro have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a human trafficking ring that smuggled some 150 people into western European countries, police said Thursday.
56 9 okay AFP_ENG_20041104.0468 SIX CROATIANS AND ONE CITIZEN OF SERBIA-MONTENEGRO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF INVOLVEMENT IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING THAT SMUGGLED SOME 150 PEOPLE INTO WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, POLICE SAID THURSDAY.
57 10 vital AFP_ENG_20041014.0633 Last year the Swiss authorities returned some 200 Egyptian antiquities including two mummies and statues and fragments of statues representing the Pharaonic gods Ptah and Sekhmet and the Greek goddess Aphrodite
57 10 vital AFP_ENG_20041014.0633 Last year, the Swiss authorities returned some 200 Egyptian antiquities, including two mummies and statues and fragments of statues representing the Pharaonic gods Ptah and Sekhmet and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
57 10 vital AFP_ENG_20041127.0328 "Last year, the Swiss authorities returned some 200 Egyptian antiquities, including two mummies and statues and fragments of statues representing the Pharaonic gods Ptah and Sekhmet and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. "
57 1 vital APW_ENG_20050717.0553 Egypt demanded on Sunday that institutions in Britain and Belgium return two pharaonic reliefs it says were stolen 30 years ago threatening to end their archaeological work here if they refuse
57 1 vital APW_ENG_20050717.0553 Egypt demands return of phraonic reliefs at two European institutions CAIRO , Egypt Egypt demanded that institutions in Britain and Belgium return two pharaonic reliefs it says were stolen ago , threatening to end their archaeological work here if they refuse .
57 1 vital XIN_ENG_20050429.0092 Al Akhbar Egypt will retrieve a stolen rare pharaonic engraving from Belgium soon Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni announced on Thursday
57 1 vital XIN_ENG_20050429.0092 AL AKHBAR: -- EGYPT WILL RETRIEVE A STOLEN RARE PHARAONIC ENGRAVING FROM BELGIUM SOON, EGYPTIAN CULTURE MINISTER FAROUQ HOSNI ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY.
57 1 vital XIN_ENG_20050429.0092 -- Egypt will retrieve a stolen rare pharaonic engraving from Belgium soon, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni announced on Thursday.
57 1 vital XIN_ENG_20050429.0092 Egypt will retrieve a stolen rare pharaonic engraving from Belgium soon, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni announced on Thursday. He said the 4,350-year-old antique was stolen by thieves from Egypt in 1965 and smuggled to Belgium, where it was sold to an antiquity collector and then it was purchased by the Royal Museum for Art and History in Brussels in 1973.
57 1 vital XIN_ENG_20050429.0092 He said the 4,350-year-old antique was stolen by thieves from Egypt in 1965 and smuggled to Belgium where it was sold to an antiquity collector and then it was purchased by the Royal Museum for Art and History in Brussels in 1973
57 1 vital XIN_ENG_20050429.0092 He said the 4,350-year-old antique was stolen by thieves from Egypt in 1965 and smuggled to Belgium, where it was sold to an antiquity collector and then it was purchased by the Royal Museum for Art and History in Brussels in 1973.
57 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041014.0633 2004-10-14, CAIRO, Oct 14 (AFP) Britain has turned over to the Egyptian authorities 619 pieces of rare Pharaonic artefacts smuggled out of the country nearly four years ago, Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahid announced Thursday. Egyptian prosecutors arrived early in the day with the looted treasures that included 485 "original and rare pieces of artefacts", said Abul Wahid, quoted by the official MENA agency. The collection also included an intact sarcophagus, said Abdul Wahid, who said that many of the items were stolen from Cairo's Egyptian Museum in 2000. They were first smuggled to Switzerland and then to Britain, but the British recognized the items as stolen and seized them, according to the attorney general, adding that some of the items had no doubles in Egypt.
57 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041014.0633 Britain has turned over to the Egyptian authorities 619 pieces of rare Pharaonic artefacts smuggled out of the country nearly four years ago
57 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041014.0633 Britain returns 619 pieces of stolen Pharaonic artefacts to Egypt CAIRO , ( AFP ) Britain has turned over to the Egyptian authorities 619 pieces of rare Pharaonic artefacts smuggled out of the country ago , Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahid announced .
57 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041025.0678 "AFP_ENG_20041014.0633  Britain returns 619 pieces of stolen Pharaonic artefacts to Egypt CAIRO, Oct 14 (AFP)   Britain has turned over to the Egyptian authorities 619 pieces of rare Pharaonic artefacts smuggled out of the country nearly four years ago, Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahid announced Thursday. "
57 2 vital APW_ENG_20041014.0532 Egyptian authorities flew 617 priceless antiquities home from Britain on Thursday, four years after they were stolen and smuggled out, a senior security official said.
57 2 vital APW_ENG_20041014.0532 Egypt receives more than 600 stolen antiquities from Britain
57 2 vital XIN_ENG_20041014.0336 Egypt retrieves stolen antiquities from Britain   CAIRO, Oct. 14 (Xinhua)    Egypt, with the help of the British authorities, has retrieved 619 monuments that were stolen from Egyptian Museum in 2000 and smuggled to England via Switzerland, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported Thursday.
57 2 vital XIN_ENG_20041014.0336 Egypt, with the help of the British authorities, has retrieved 619 monuments that were stolen from Egyptian Museum in 2000 and smuggled to England via Switzerland, Egypt's official MENA news agency  reported Thursday.
57 2 vital XIN_ENG_20041014.0336 EGYPT, WITH THE HELP OF THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES, HAS RETRIEVED 619 MONUMENTS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN 2000 AND SMUGGLED TO ENGLAND VIA SWITZERLAND, EGYPT'S OFFICIAL MENA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED THURSDAY.
57 2 vital XIN_ENG_20041023.0143 A total of 619 pieces of antiquities have returned to Egypt four years after they were stolen and smuggled out of the country Egypt's official MENA news agency reported Saturday
57 2 vital XIN_ENG_20041023.0143 A total of 619 pieces of antiquities have returned to Egypt, four years after they were stolen and smuggled out of the country, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported Saturday.
57 2 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 # Britain returns 619 pieces of stolen Pharaonic artefacts to Egypt Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has threatened to cease cooperation with foreign museums and institutions that buy stolen artefacts. They were first smuggled to Switzerland and then to Britain, but the British recognized the items ... (2004-10-14)
57 3 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 2005-05-05, CAIRO, May 5 (Xinhua) Egypt retrieved on Thursday 24 antiquities stolen and smuggled to Jordan through Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
57 3 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 Egypt retrieved on Thursday 24 antiquities stolen and smuggled to Jordan through Egypt's Sinai peninsula the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported
57 3 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 Egypt retrieved on Thursday 24 antiquities stolen and smuggled to Jordan through Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
57 3 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 Egypt retrieved on Thursday 24 antiquities stolen and smuggled to Jordan through Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported. Egypt has recently stepped up efforts to reclaim its stolen and illegally smuggled ... (2005-05-05)
57 3 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 Egypt retrieves dozens of antiquities from Jordan   CAIRO, May 5 (Xinhua)    Egypt retrieved on Thursday 24 antiquities stolen and smuggled to Jordan through Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050101.0119 2005-01-01, CAIRO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) Two pieces of Egyptian antiques were retrieved from the United States Saturday, the official MENA news agency quoted Culture Minister Farouq Hosni as saying. The two antiques were a 5,000-year-old pottery jar displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and a statue of Anubis, god of death, which just escaped the fate of being auctioned in the city. The two pieces, belonging to the Cairo University Faculty of Arts, were stolen from a storehouse in the Cairo district of Maadi.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050101.0119 The two antiques were a 5,000-year-old pottery jar displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and a statue of Anubis, god of death, which just escaped the fate of being auctioned in the city. The two pieces, belonging to the Cairo University Faculty of Arts, were stolen from a storehouse in the Cairo district of Maadi.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050101.0119 Two pieces of Egyptian antiques were retrieved from the United States Saturday the official MENA news agency quoted Culture Minister Farouq Hosni as saying
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050101.0119 Two pieces of Egyptian antiques were retrieved from the United States Saturday, the official MENA news agency quoted Culture Minister Farouq Hosni as saying.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050101.0119 TWO PIECES OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUES WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE UNITED STATES SATURDAY, THE OFFICIAL MENA NEWS AGENCY QUOTED CULTURE MINISTER FAROUQ HOSNI AS SAYING.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050102.0040 The antiques, dating back to the period between 1070 BC and 940 BC, were stolen from a storehouse of the Cairo University Faculty of Arts.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050425.0239 In the last three years Egypt reclaimed more than 3000 pieces of antiquities including a 5000-year-old vase from the Metropolitan Museum in New York and a royal mummy that may belong to Ramses I from Michael Carlos Museum in the United States
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050425.0239 In the last three years, Egypt reclaimed more than 3000 pieces of antiquities, including a 5000-year-old vase from the Metropolitan Museum in New York and a royal mummy that may belong to Ramses I from Michael Carlos Museum in the United States.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 Egypt retrieves dozens of antiquities from Jordan   CAIRO, May 5 (Xinhua)    Egypt retrieved on Thursday 24 antiquities stolen and smuggled to Jordan through Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 In the last three years Egypt reclaimed more than 3,000 pieces of antiquities including a 5,000-year-old vase from the Metropolitan Museum in New York and a royal mummy that may belong to Ramses I from Michael Carlos Museum in the United States
57 4 vital XIN_ENG_20050505.0212 In the last three years, Egypt reclaimed more than 3,000 pieces of antiquities including a 5,000-year-old vase from the Metropolitan Museum in New York and a royal mummy that may belong to Ramses I from Michael Carlos Museum in the United States.
57 5 vital AFP_ENG_20060328.0314 Egypt threatened Tuesday to take legal action against a US museum unless it returns an ancient mask in its collection that the authorities claim was stolen from a warehouse years ago. The St Louis Art Museum has a week to turn over the 19th dynasty  (1307-1196 BC) mask of Ka-nefer-nefer or face legal action, according to Zahi Hawas, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
57 5 vital APW_ENG_20060223.1355 2006-02-23, CAIRO, Egypt Egypt has asked the St. Louis Art Museum to return a 3,000-year-old funerary mask of a mummy depciting a young lady, which it said disappeared from the Egyptian Museum decades ago, antiquities officials said Thursday. The Supreme Council of Antiquities said it formally requested the return of the piece, known as the mask of Ka Nefer Nefer, which the museum says dates back to the 19th Dynasty, 1307-1196 BC.
57 5 vital APW_ENG_20060223.1355 Egypt asks a U.S. museum to return a mummy mask disappeared ago CAIRO , Egypt Egypt has asked the St. Louis Art Museum to return of a mummy depciting a young lady , which it said disappeared from ago , antiquities officials said .
57 5 vital APW_ENG_20060223.1355 Egypt has asked the St. Louis Art Museum to return a 3,000-year-old funerary mask of a mummy depciting a young lady, which it said disappeared from the Egyptian Museum decades ago, antiquities officials said Thursday.
57 5 vital APW_ENG_20060223.1355 EGYPT HAS ASKED THE ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM TO RETURN A 3,000-YEAR-OLD FUNERARY MASK OF A MUMMY DEPCITING A YOUNG LADY, WHICH IT SAID DISAPPEARED FROM THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM DECADES AGO, ANTIQUITIES OFFICIALS SAID THURSDAY.
57 5 vital APW_ENG_20060223.1355 Louis Art Museum to return a 3,000-year-old funerary mask of a mummy depciting a young lady which it said disappeared from the Egyptian Museum decades ago antiquities officials said Thursday
57 6 vital AFP_ENG_20050719.0054 Australia returns smuggled antiquities to Egypt = (PICTURES) =   SYDNEY, July 19    Australia on Tuesday handed over to Egyptian authorities several 2,500-year-old tomb antiquities at the centre of a smuggling racket.
57 6 vital APW_ENG_20050722.1034 Egyptian officials brought home on Friday seven ancient artifacts smuggled out of the country two years ago and were about to go on sale in Australia
57 6 vital APW_ENG_20050722.1034 Egyptian officials brought home on Friday seven ancient artifacts smuggled out of the country two years ago and were about to go on sale in Australia.
57 6 vital APW_ENG_20050722.1034 The seven pieces dating back as far as 5,000 years will be used as evidence in a case against a number of Egyptian officials and businessmen tried for stealing and smuggling tens of thousands of antiquities
57 6 vital APW_ENG_20050722.1034 The seven pieces, dating back as far as 5,000 years, will be used as evidence in a case against a number of Egyptian officials and businessmen tried for stealing and smuggling tens of thousands of antiquities.
57 6 vital APW_ENG_20050722.1034 THE SEVEN PIECES, DATING BACK AS FAR AS 5,000 YEARS, WILL BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN A CASE AGAINST A NUMBER OF EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSMEN TRIED FOR STEALING AND SMUGGLING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANTIQUITIES.
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 2005-04-25, CAIRO, Egypt A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said Monday.
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 A Brussels museum to return a stolen Egyptian relief Egyptian antiquity officials say
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 A Brussels museum to return a stolen Egyptian relief , Egyptian antiquity officials say CAIRO , Egypt A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country ago , an Egyptian antiquities official said .
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago an Egyptian antiquities official said Monday
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said Monday.
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said Monday. The Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels, Belgium, agreed to return the  relief, which was stolen from the Giza tomb of a 5th dynasty priest, Senenu,  said Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 Egypt A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 The Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels Belgium agreed to return the relief which was stolen from the Giza tomb of a 5th dynasty priest Senenu said Zahi Hawass the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050425.0339 The Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels, Belgium, agreed to return the relief, which was stolen from the Giza tomb of a 5th dynasty priest, Senenu, said Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
57 7 vital APW_ENG_20050717.0553 A third relief from the tomb was returned to Egypt from the Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels last month after Egypt's antiquities council put on hold a request by the museum to extend its work excavating a 20th Dynasty tomb, the statement said.
57 8 vital XIN_ENG_20050719.0312 EGYPT RECEIVED ON TUESDAY A RARE ANTIQUE MADE OF ALABASTER WITH HIEROGLYPHIC WRITINGS WHICH WAS TAKEN BY AN AMERICAN NATIONAL FROM A TOMB AT THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IN LUXOR IN 1958, THE OFFICIAL MENA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED.
57 9 vital AFP_ENG_20051004.0445 In early August, a Cairo court sentenced seven Egyptians to jail terms of up to 55 years in the biggest antiquities smuggling case in the country's history.
57 9 vital APW_ENG_20050813.0406 Civil servant six others convicted in major antiquity smuggling trial
57 9 vital APW_ENG_20050813.0406 Civil servant, six others convicted in major antiquity smuggling trial 2005-08-13, CAIRO, Egypt. The accused were part of a group that officials believe has stolen about 57,000 artifacts from state warehouses, and smuggled thousands of them abroad. During the investigation, police found thousands of coins, statues and sarcophaguses in tunnels under the villas of three relatives _ businessmen who were convicted in an earlier trial. The cache allegedly included certificates signed by Abu Shanab.
57 9 vital APW_ENG_20050813.0406 RELATIVES CRIED IN ANGUISH SATURDAY AFTER A COURT SENTENCED THREE MEN, INCLUDING A FORMER SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT, TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR TAKING PART IN A SCAM THAT SMUGGLED THOUSANDS OF ANTIQUITIES OUT OF EGYPT.
57 9 vital XIN_ENG_20050813.0183 An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced seven people including two foreigners and acquitted three others in a major antiquity smuggling trial the official MENA news agency reported
57 9 vital XIN_ENG_20050813.0183 An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced seven people, including two foreigners, and acquitted three others in a major antiquity smuggling trial, the official MENA news agency reported.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20041127.0204 "Afghanistan now produces more than 70 percent of the world's opium and heroin and 90 percent of the heroin on Europe's streets, it said. "
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050201.0807 In 2004 Afghan opium production boomed rising 64 percent and the war-scarred country accounted for 87 percent of world opium production and the majority of heroin consumed in Europe
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050619.0264 Afghanistan is the world's top producer of opium used to make heroin and is the source of 90 percent of the heroin on the streets of Europe
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050619.0264 Afghanistan is the world's top producer of opium, used to make heroin, and is the source of 90 percent of the heroin on the streets of Europe.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050803.0640 Afghanistan is the world's top producer of opium, used to make heroin, and the source of 90 percent of the heroin on the streets of Europe.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050829.0331 But Afghanistan remains the world's biggest producer of opium -- which is used to make heroin -- churning out 87 percent of the global supply, Costa added.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20050829.0348 Despite an internationally-backed anti-drugs campaign Afghanistan remains the world's number one producer of opium accounting for 87 percent of the world's supply
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20051003.0375 Virtually all the heroin consumed in Europe comes from Afghan opium.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 LAST YEAR, AFGHANISTAN PRODUCED 4,100 TONS, OR 87 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S OPIUM, WHICH CAN BE USED TO MAKE HEROIN, THE REPORT SAID, ADDING THIS ILLEGAL PRODUCTION, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST ALL THE HEROIN CONSUMED IN EUROPE.
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal. "It's huge. Ninety to 95 percent of the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan...
58 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 "They are all Afghans. Some people will talk about the international mafia here causing things to happen -- that's bullshit," he said. The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal. "It's huge. Ninety to 95 percent of the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan...
58 1 vital APW_ENG_20050124.0178 Afghan poppy cultivation jumped an estimated two-thirds to a record 131,000 hectares (323,701 acres) last year, and supplied 87 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for the heroin sold to young addicts on the streets of Western Europe and Russia.
58 1 vital APW_ENG_20050515.0138 Afghanistan last year produced nearly 90 percent of the world's opium, much of which is refined into heroin for sale to addicts in Europe and Russia.
58 1 vital NYT_ENG_20041118.0175 Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the source of most of the opium and heroin on Europe's streets, was up sharply this year, reaching the highest levels in the country's history and in the world, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
58 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060301.0021 Almost all the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan, which also accounted for 87 percent of the global production of opium poppies in 2005, said the report.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041005.0245 Pakistan, neighbouring the world's biggest opium and heroin producer Afghanistan, is a major transit point for narcotics smuggled out of the war-torn country to the streets of Europe and other overseas destinations. Hoon said Britain was the "lead nation" in anti-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. "We work closely with our partners, particularly Pakistan along the border, but with also other partners inside Afghanistan to tackle this problem," he said. The head of Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force Major General Nadeem Ahmed said that for every 360 tonnes of heroin produced in Afghanistan, 260 tonnes reaches Europe and the United States. On average authorities in Pakistan seize 60 tonnes
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041127.0204 "Afghanistan now produces more than 70 percent of the world's opium and heroin and 90 percent of the heroin on Europe's streets, it said. "
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041127.0204 Afghanistan now produces more than 70 percent of the world's opium and heroin and 90 percent of the heroin on Europe's streets, it said.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20050201.0807 In 2004 Afghan opium production boomed rising 64 percent and the war-scarred country accounted for 87 percent of world opium production and the majority of heroin consumed in Europe
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20050428.0413 Drug traffickers often use Pakistan as a transit point for shipments of opium and heroin from Afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium to Europe and other Western destinations
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20050619.0264 Afghanistan is the world's top producer of opium used to make heroin and is the source of 90 percent of the heroin on the streets of Europe
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20051212.0242 The destitute country now produces about 87 percent of the world's crop, which makes up nearly all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 Ninety to 95 percent of the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan...
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 NINETY TO 95 PERCENT OF THE HEROIN IN EUROPE COMES FROM AFGHANISTAN... "IT IS ALSO THE PRINCIPLE, PERHAPS ALMOST THE ONLY, SUPPLIER OF HEROIN AND OPIUM TO IRAN, AND IRAN HAS THE LARGEST HEROIN ADDICTION PROBLEM PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD," HE SAID.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 THE UNITED STATES IS THE PRINCIPLE FUNDER OF EFFORTS TO RID AFGHANISTAN OF ITS HUGE ILLICIT OPIUM CROP, WHICH SUPPLIES NEARLY ALL THE HEROIN IN EUROPE AND IS KEEPING A LARGE CHUNK OF THE AFGHAN ECONOMY ILLEGAL.
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 "They are all Afghans. Some people will talk about the international mafia here causing things to happen -- that's bullshit," he said. The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal. "It's huge. Ninety to 95 percent of the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan...
58 2 vital AFP_ENG_20060326.0332 HELMAND IS THE MAIN PRODUCER OF AFGHANISTAN'S ANNUAL CROP OF ABOUT 4,000 TONNES OF OPIUM, WHICH SUPPLIES ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE HEROIN IN EUROPE.
58 2 vital APW_ENG_20050124.0178 Afghan poppy cultivation jumped an estimated two-thirds to a record 131,000 hectares (323,701 acres) last year, and supplied 87 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for the heroin sold to young addicts on the streets of Western Europe and Russia.
58 2 vital APW_ENG_20050515.0138 Afghanistan last year produced nearly 90 percent of the world's opium, much of which is refined into heroin for sale to addicts in Europe and Russia.
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20041103.0341 "Thirty-five percent of Afghanistan's GDP comes from poppy crops, with the country the world's biggest producer of opium. "
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050201.0807 In 2004 Afghan opium production boomed rising 64 percent and the war-scarred country accounted for 87 percent of world opium production and the majority of heroin consumed in Europe
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050428.0413 Drug traffickers often use Pakistan as a transit point for shipments of opium and heroin from Afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium to Europe and other Western destinations
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20050619.0264 Afghanistan is the world's top producer of opium, used to make heroin, and is the source of 90 percent of the heroin on the streets of Europe.
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons or 87 percent of the world's opium which can be used to make heroin the report said adding this illegal production which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 LAST YEAR, AFGHANISTAN PRODUCED 4,100 TONS, OR 87 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S OPIUM, WHICH CAN BE USED TO MAKE HEROIN, THE REPORT SAID, ADDING THIS ILLEGAL PRODUCTION, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST ALL THE HEROIN CONSUMED IN EUROPE.
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Rather than eradicating opium crops in Afghanistan, the growing of opium should be regulated to manufacture medical drugs like morphine and codein which developing countries have limited access to, an international think tank said here Wednesday. ...  a licensing system for cultivating opium for the pharmaceutical market will strengthen Afghanistan's fragile  democracy by offering farmers a stable income. ... Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the  world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 3 okay AFP_ENG_20060326.0332 Helmand is the main producer of Afghanistan's annual crop of about 4,000 tonnes of opium, which supplies about 90 percent of the heroin in Europe.
58 3 okay APW_ENG_20050124.0178 Afghan poppy cultivation jumped an estimated two-thirds to a record 131,000 hectares (323,701 acres) last year, and supplied 87 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for the heroin sold to young addicts on the streets of Western Europe and Russia.
58 3 okay APW_ENG_20050515.0138 Afghanistan last year produced nearly 90 percent of the world's opium, much of which is refined into heroin for sale to addicts in Europe and Russia.
58 3 okay APW_ENG_20060308.0222 2006-03-08, KABUL, Afghanistan. The dramatic increase in poppy cultivation since U.S. forces ousted the Taliban from power in late 2001 has caused alarm in the West, particularly Europe, the destination of most of the drugs.
58 4 okay AFP_ENG_20041030.0243 Incumbent leader Hamid Karzai said Saturday his top priority as Afghanistan's first popularly chosen president would be to fight the crippling opium and heroin trade. "The fight against narcotics will be my top priority in the future,"  Karzai told NATO's top commander for Europe, General James Jones, during talks at the presidential palace. "We will put all our means in the eradication, interdiction and destruction of labs, but we also need the support of the international community to provide alternative livelihoods to the farmers."
58 4 okay AFP_ENG_20041205.0475 And the problem appears to be worsening since the country's 2002 ban on poppy cultivation and trafficking.
58 4 okay AFP_ENG_20050506.0469 Police in southern Afghanistan have arrested four men transporting 237 kilograms (521 pounds) of opium, the US military said Friday.
58 4 okay AFP_ENG_20050619.0264 Over the past four days counter-narcotics forces in eastern Nangarhar hauled in one ton of opium 800 kilograms 1,760 pounds of chemicals and more than 200 litres 52 gallons of acid used to make heroin Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said in a statement
58 4 okay AFP_ENG_20050829.0331 Afghanistan has reduced the production and cultivation of opium for the first time since the Taliban regime fell in 2001, the United Nations counter-narcotics chief said Monday.
58 4 okay AFP_ENG_20060228.0246 The Afghan government and the international donors on which it depends are determined to do away with the country's opium crop which is the main source of income for nearly nine percent of the population
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050317.0165 About 100 police were combing Achin district of Nangarhar province close to the border with Pakistan for opium poppy crops on Wednesday when they were attacked deputy police chief Amir Khan Lewal said
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050317.0165 Under pressure from the United States and Europe President Hamid Karzai has vowed to eliminate Afghanistan's drug industry which last year supplied more than 90 percent of the world's opium the raw material for heroin
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050317.0165 Under pressure from the United States and Europe, President Hamid Karzai has vowed to eliminate Afghanistan's drug industry, which last year supplied more than 90 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for heroin.
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050317.0165 UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI HAS VOWED TO ELIMINATE AFGHANISTAN'S DRUG INDUSTRY, WHICH LAST YEAR SUPPLIED MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S OPIUM, THE RAW MATERIAL FOR HEROIN.
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050606.0484 Afghanistan's government is under fire for not being tough enough on the burgeoning drugs trade, which last year produced nearly 90 percent of the world's opium.
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050606.0484 Counter-narcotic squads have seized and destroyed 21 tons of opium and 180 kilograms (400 pounds) of heroin in raids over the past five days across two of Afghanistan's main poppy growing regions, a government statement said Monday.
58 4 okay APW_ENG_20050626.0219 Some 60 tons of opium , heroin and other drugs burned in Afghanistan KABUL , Afghanistan About 60 tons of opium , heroin , hashish and other drugs were burned in massive bonfires across Afghanistan , the government said _ the biggest destruction of narcotics in one of the world's top suppliers .
58 4 okay LTW_ENG_20050609.0058 In late February, Afghan forces and American advisers from the Drug Enforcement Administration delivered 1.5 tons of heroin, opium and hashish to the counter-narcotics police headquarters in Kabul. The drugs were seized from homes and shops during three months of raids in southern Helmand province, said Muhibullah Ludin, a senior official in the newly formed Counter-Narcotics Ministry.
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20041118.0106 "US and NATO troops in the country would be taking a more active role in combating opium production, destroying heroin labs and providing the Afghan government with information on where poppies are grown as well as making arrests. "
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050303.0738 West's anti - drug strategy fails to tackle Afghan opium problem : analysts by Rachel Morarjee KABUL , 4 Opium production in Afghanistan hit near - record levels because the US - backed eradication strategy ignores the plight of poor farmers who cannot afford to stop growing poppies , analysts say .
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20050518.0744 Tajikistan's security agency has seized 250 kilograms of Afghan heroin and opium and arrested 11 drug traffickers in the capital Dushanbe and the south of the country a security ministry spokesman said late Wednesday
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal.
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 THE UNITED STATES IS THE PRINCIPLE FUNDER OF EFFORTS TO RID AFGHANISTAN OF ITS HUGE ILLICIT OPIUM CROP, WHICH SUPPLIES NEARLY ALL THE HEROIN IN EUROPE AND IS KEEPING A LARGE CHUNK OF THE AFGHAN ECONOMY ILLEGAL.
58 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal. "It's huge. Ninety to 95 percent of the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan...
58 5 okay APW_ENG_20050317.0165 Under pressure from the United States and Europe President Hamid Karzai has vowed to eliminate Afghanistan's drug industry which last year supplied more than 90 percent of the world's opium the raw material for heroin
58 5 okay APW_ENG_20050317.0165 Under pressure from the United States and Europe, President Hamid Karzai has vowed to eliminate Afghanistan's drug industry, which last year supplied more than 90 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for heroin.
58 5 okay NYT_ENG_20041119.0221 So far, most Afghan heroin finds its way to Europe and Asia, with little hitting U.S. streets. But that could change, officials said, as anti-drug efforts increasingly reduce the amount of heroin imported from Mexico and Colombia. The United States has already begun working with Afghanistan on several fronts to attack opium cultivation. America will spend $780 million on anti-opium programs in Afghanistan next year, Robert Charles, head of the State Department's anti-narcotic office. The money will be used to support the fledgling Afghan legal system, among other things, and convince farmers to grow  other crops.
58 5 okay NYT_ENG_20041119.0221 The United States has already begun working with Afghanistan on several fronts to attack opium cultivation.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20050619.0264 Afghanistan is the world's top producer of opium, used to make heroin, and is the source of 90 percent of the heroin on the streets of Europe.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20050829.0290 Ninety percent of the heroin on European streets comes from Afghan opium.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20050829.0348 2005-08-29, KABUL, Aug 29 Cheap opium from Afghanistan has sparked a surge in heroin overdoses in Europe as the purity of the drug has increased, the United Nation's top drug official told AFP on Monday.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20050829.0348 Cheap Afghan opium causing more overdoses in Europe UN official
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20050829.0348 Cheap opium from Afghanistan has sparked a surge in heroin overdoses in Europe as the purity of the drug has increased the United Nation's top drug official told AFP on Monday
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20050829.0348 CHEAP OPIUM FROM AFGHANISTAN HAS SPARKED A SURGE IN HEROIN OVERDOSES IN EUROPE AS THE PURITY OF THE DRUG HAS INCREASED, THE UNITED NATION'S TOP DRUG OFFICIAL TOLD AFP ON MONDAY.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 LAST YEAR, AFGHANISTAN PRODUCED 4,100 TONS, OR 87 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S OPIUM, WHICH CAN BE USED TO MAKE HEROIN, THE REPORT SAID, ADDING THIS ILLEGAL PRODUCTION, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST ALL THE HEROIN CONSUMED IN EUROPE.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Rather than eradicating opium crops in Afghanistan, the growing of opium should be regulated to manufacture medical drugs like morphine and codein which developing countries have limited access to, an international think tank said here Wednesday. ...  a licensing system for cultivating opium for the pharmaceutical market will strengthen Afghanistan's fragile  democracy by offering farmers a stable income. ... Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the  world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal
58 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060326.0332 Helmand is the main producer of Afghanistan's annual crop of about 4,000 tonnes of opium, which supplies about 90 percent of the heroin in Europe.
58 6 okay APW_ENG_20050124.0178 Afghan poppy cultivation jumped an estimated two-thirds to a record 131,000 hectares (323,701 acres) last year, and supplied 87 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for the heroin sold to young addicts on the streets of Western Europe and Russia.
58 6 okay APW_ENG_20050515.0138 Afghanistan last year produced nearly 90 percent of the world's opium, much of which is refined into heroin for sale to addicts in Europe and Russia.
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20041103.0341 "Thirty-five percent of Afghanistan's GDP comes from poppy crops, with the country the world's biggest producer of opium. "
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20050303.0738 West's anti - drug strategy fails to tackle Afghan opium problem : analysts by Rachel Morarjee KABUL , 4 Opium production in Afghanistan hit near - record levels because the US - backed eradication strategy ignores the plight of poor farmers who cannot afford to stop growing poppies , analysts say .
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20051012.0077 The country produces more than 80 percent of the world's opium, which is smuggled out and made into heroin, and the illegal crop contributes up to 60 percent of Afghanistan's economy.
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons or 87 percent of the world's opium which can be used to make heroin the report said adding this illegal production which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 LAST YEAR, AFGHANISTAN PRODUCED 4,100 TONS, OR 87 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S OPIUM, WHICH CAN BE USED TO MAKE HEROIN, THE REPORT SAID, ADDING THIS ILLEGAL PRODUCTION, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST ALL THE HEROIN CONSUMED IN EUROPE.
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0353 Rather than eradicating opium crops in Afghanistan, the growing of opium should be regulated to manufacture medical drugs like morphine and codein which developing countries have limited access to, an international think tank said here Wednesday. ...  a licensing system for cultivating opium for the pharmaceutical market will strengthen Afghanistan's fragile  democracy by offering farmers a stable income. ... Last year, Afghanistan produced 4,100 tons, or 87 percent of the  world's opium, which can be used to make heroin, the report said, adding this illegal production, which accounts for at least a third of the country's economy, was responsible for almost all the heroin consumed in Europe.
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal
58 7 okay AFP_ENG_20060319.0278 The United States is the principle funder of efforts to rid Afghanistan of its huge illicit opium crop, which supplies nearly all the heroin in Europe and is keeping a large chunk of the Afghan economy illegal.
58 7 okay APW_ENG_20050512.0737 "For sure, eradication is crucial. Everybody including farmers has to respect the law. But Afghanistan is among the poorest countries in the world and opium is the single most remunerative crop ... My call is for donors and countries to provide development assistance to farmers." Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
58 7 okay APW_ENG_20060308.0376 We don't want it to become a narco-state," said the drug agent, who estimated that opium and heroin smuggling accounts for more than 35 percent of Afghanistan's economy.
58 7 okay XIN_ENG_20041120.0049 Frankfurter Rundschau The planting and trade of opium has become a decisive economic factor in Afghanistan
58 8 okay AFP_ENG_20041005.0245 "Pakistan, neighbouring the world's biggest opium and heroin producer Afghanistan, is a major transit point for narcotics smuggled out of the war-torn country to the streets of Europe and other overseas destinations. "
58 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050215.0428 Drug traffickers often use Pakistan as a transit point for shipments of opium and heroin from neighbouring Afghanistan to Europe and other Western destinations
58 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050215.0428 Drug traffickers often use Pakistan as a transit point for shipments of opium and heroin from neighbouring Afghanistan to Europe and other Western destinations.
58 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050428.0413 Drug traffickers often use Pakistan as a transit point for shipments of opium and heroin from Afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium to Europe and other Western destinations
58 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050428.0413 Drug traffickers often use Pakistan as a transit point for shipments of opium and heroin from Afghanistan, the world's largest producer of opium, to Europe and other Western destinations.
58 8 okay AFP_ENG_20050512.0378 Pakistan is the main source of transit for Afghanistan where opium poppy cultivation rose to a near record 4,200 tonnes in 2004 from 3,200 tonnes in 2003.
58 8 okay APW_ENG_20050428.0446 Experts estimate that more than 70 percent of the heroin out of Afghanistan is trafficked south through Pakistan and Iran, and the rest north through Central Asia _ mostly bound for addicts on the streets of Europe.
58 8 okay APW_ENG_20050428.0446 Experts estimate that more than 70 percent of the heroin out of Afghanistan is trafficked south through Pakistan and Iran, and the rest north through Central Asia _ mostly bound for addicts on the streets of Europe. He said Pakistan had seized 15,082 kilograms (33,180 pounds) of heroin and morphine base in the first four months of 2005 and if the trend continued, the year's total would far exceed the 24,744 kilograms (54,436 pounds) confiscated during the whole of 2004. Authorities had also seized more than two tons of opium so far this year _ approaching the 2.5 tons for the whole of last year, he said.
58 8 okay APW_ENG_20050512.0737 As well as being a key route for the smuggling drugs out of Afghanistan to addicts in the Middle East and Europe, he said there was also evidence that precursor chemicals needed to refine opium into heroin were being smuggled through Pakistan into Afghanistan.
58 8 okay APW_ENG_20050513.0256 AS WELL AS BEING A KEY ROUTE FOR THE SMUGGLING DRUGS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN TO ADDICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE, HE SAID THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE THAT PRECURSOR CHEMICALS NEEDED TO REFINE OPIUM INTO HEROIN WERE BEING SMUGGLED THROUGH PAKISTAN INTO AFGHANISTAN.
58 8 okay LTW_ENG_20050425.0132 Kelley said Noorzai controlled poppy fields in Afghanistan and laboratories in both Afghanistan and Pakistan that processed the opium crops into heroin and transported the drugs out of those countries into the U.S. and Europe.
59 10 vital AFP_ENG_20050211.0237 Several dozen people from India have been found stranded in Mauritania in recent months, amid evidence that traffickers were using the northwest African country to smuggle migrants into Europe, a leading migration agency said Friday.
59 10 vital AFP_ENG_20060306.0477 At least 22 people were missing after a boat of African migrants headed for Europe sank in the Atlantic off the coast of Mauritania a Mauritanian Red Crescent official said on Monday
59 10 vital AFP_ENG_20060314.0493 Last Sunday, Spanish authorities said they had intercepted 211 clandestine African migrants in boats off the Canary islands over the weekend, some apparently from the west African state of Mauritania.
59 10 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0317 Last Sunday, Spanish authorities said they had intercepted 211 clandestine African migrants in boats off the Canary islands over the weekend, some apparently from Mauritania.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060314.0813 2006-03-14 Mauritanian authorities on Tuesday detained 50 would-be migrants who had been abandoned by human traffickers in the desert. The group, which ran out of food and water, was found in the Sahara desert about 27 kilometers (17 miles) northeast of Mauritania's Nouadhibou. The group included citizens from the West African nations of Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast. Each had paid about US$2,000 (euro1,673) for passage on a boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands. The migrants had yet to board a boat leaving the Atlantic Ocean port of Nouadhibou, and the traffickers left the group in the desert to hide them temporarily from authorities.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe,
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe, the prime minister said Thursday, calling on the West to send planes, boats and vehicles to help seal his borders.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania pleads help to stop African migrants trying to illegally reach Europe NOUAKCHOTT , Mauritania Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe , the prime minister said , calling on the West to send planes , boats and vehicles to help seal his borders .
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania pleads help to stop African migrants trying to illegally reach Europe   NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania    Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe, the prime minister said Thursday, calling on the West to send planes, boats and vehicles to help seal his borders.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 North African countries then reportedly increased patrols along long-established trans-Sahara Desert trade routes, perhaps pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send their human cargo to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement. The African migrants, seeking employment or better prospects in richer European countries, have been boarding traditional wooden fishing canoes called pirogues to traverse the treacherous waters. The deep-walled pirogues are open to the elements are often powered by a single outboard engine and rarely have navigational or emergency equipment. The wooden vessels are normally used by West Africans for daylong net-fishing expeditions, not a journey that can take three days and nights.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060317.0037 More than 1,000 Africans some driven by hope for jobs others escaping their continent's many wars have died over the past four months alone while trying to sail in small wooden boats from Mauritania to Spain's faraway Canary Islands Mauritania's Red Crescent branch says
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 The 35 Spanish soldiers arrived earlier this week in the northern coastal city of Nouadhibou, where an upsurge of Africans seeking to reach Europe have arrived in recent months in hopes of boarding fishing canoes for an often-deadly trip to Spain's Canary Islands, said Yahfdhou Ould Amar, chief of police in Nouadhibou.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060327.0496 Spain expelled 50 illegal immigrants who had reached the shores of its Canary Islands, sending the West Africans to Mauritania to become the first occupants of a hastily arranged deportation center, a police official said Monday.
59 10 vital APW_ENG_20060328.0428 Authorities said the migrants, mostly from Senegal and Mali, were flown out from Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, and would be housed in a new holding center at Nouadhibou in Mauritania before being repatriated.
59 10 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0071 SPAIN-IMMIG (Madrid, Spain) -- Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led at least 25 deaths over the past week.
59 10 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led to at least 25 deaths in the last week. The Spanish government says more than 1,000 migrants have been detained at sea in the last 10 days while trying to reach the islands from Mauritania on North Africa's western coast, a voyage of 500 miles. The migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, crowd into boats carrying dozens of passengers in hopes of reaching the islands and thereby gaining entry to the European Union.
59 10 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0004 Spain was to provide Mauritania with help in patrolling its coast to stop the country's migrants and those from sub-Sahara regions, Vega told a press conference about the plan after the meeting.
59 10 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0004 SPAIN WAS TO PROVIDE MAURITANIA WITH HELP IN PATROLLING ITS COAST TO STOP THE COUNTRY'S MIGRANTS AND THOSE FROM SUB-SAHARA REGIONS, VEGA TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE PLAN AFTER THE MEETING.
59 10 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Mauritanian Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed auld Boubacar told the Spanish media on Thursday that his nation needed help to contain the influx of migrants from other nations including Mali Ghana Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea
59 10 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 MAURITANIAN PRIME MINISTER SIDI MOHAMED AULD BOUBACAR TOLD THE SPANISH MEDIA ON THURSDAY THAT HIS NATION NEEDED HELP TO CONTAIN THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS FROM OTHER NATIONS INCLUDING MALI, GHANA, NIGERIA AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
59 11 okay AFP_ENG_20060308.0233 Up to 20,000 Africans are trying to reach Europe from camps in Western Sahara and Mauritania, the governor of Spain's Canary Islands said Wednesday.
59 11 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0528 Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho and his foreign affairs counterpart, Bernardino Leon, were scheduled to meet Mauritanian officials in the capital and then visit the northern port city of Nouadhibou where over the past two months thousands of Africans have gathered hoping to make it to Spain. Spain intends to re-activate a 2003 "emergency co-operation plan with Mauritania", giving the poverty-stricken west African country patrol boats and establishing holding camps for the would-be clandestine migrants.
59 11 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 Spain intends to re-activate a 2003 "emergency co-operation plan with Mauritania", giving the poverty-stricken west African country patrol boats and establishing holding camps for the would-be clandestine migrants.
59 11 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 Spain intends to re-activate a 2003 "emergency co-operation plan with Mauritania", giving the west African country patrol boats and establishing holding camps for the would-be clandestine migrants. The bilateral deal provided for the repatriation to Mauritania of migrants that illicitly entered Spain. But Madrid now wants that repatriation to Mauritania also applies to migrants from third countries who would have set off from Mauritania.
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement.
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 THE TWO COUNTRIES HOPE FOR AN "URGENT PLAN OF COOPERATION" THAT COULD SEE SPAIN HELPING MAURITANIA PATROL ITS COASTLINE, WHILE ESTABLISHING CENTERS TO PROCESS ANY MIGRANTS FOUND IN THE COUNTRY, THE PRESIDENCY SAID IN A STATEMENT.
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement. The African migrants, seeking employment or better prospects in richer European countries, have been boarding traditional wooden fishing canoes called pirogues to traverse the treacherous waters. The deep-walled pirogues are open to the elements are often powered by a single outboard engine and rarely have navigational or emergency equipment. The wooden vessels are normally used by West Africans for daylong net-fishing expeditions, not a journey that can take three days and nights.
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Dozens of Spanish troops are helping build a deportation center in northern Mauritania to house African migrants captured trying to reach Europe by boat police officials said Friday
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Dozens of Spanish troops are helping build a deportation center in northern Mauritania to house African migrants captured trying to reach Europe by boat, police officials said Friday.
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 DOZENS OF SPANISH TROOPS ARE HELPING BUILD A DEPORTATION CENTER IN NORTHERN MAURITANIA TO HOUSE AFRICAN MIGRANTS CAPTURED TRYING TO REACH EUROPE BY BOAT, POLICE OFFICIALS SAID FRIDAY.
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060327.0496 Spain sends 50 illegal African migrants back to Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT , Mauritania Spain expelled 50 illegal immigrants who had reached the shores of its Canary Islands , sending the West Africans to Mauritania to become the first occupants of a hastily arranged deportation center , a police official said .
59 11 okay APW_ENG_20060327.0496 Spain sends 50 illegal African migrants back to Mauritania   NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania    Spain expelled 50 illegal immigrants who had reached the shores of its Canary Islands, sending the West Africans to Mauritania to become the first occupants of a hastily arranged deportation center, a police official said Monday.
59 11 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon told the nation's press that Spain the European Union the Canary Island's local government and Mauritania had had a productive meeting in Nouadhibou a port town on the Mauritanian coast which hosts migrant detention camps
59 11 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon told the nation's press that Spain, the European Union, the Canary Island's local government and Mauritania had had a productive meeting in Nouadhibou, a port town on the Mauritanian coast which hosts migrant detention camps.
59 11 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BERNARDINO LEON TOLD THE NATION'S PRESS THAT SPAIN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE CANARY ISLAND'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MAURITANIA HAD HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING IN NOUADHIBOU, A PORT TOWN ON THE MAURITANIAN COAST WHICH HOSTS MIGRANT DETENTION CAMPS.
59 11 okay XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 In addition, Spain pledged to help train Mauritanian security forces to foil illegal immigration networks and build reception centers in Mauritania to receive detained migrants.
59 12 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0253 Mauritania's Prime Minister on Thursday called for help to deal with a massive wave of emigration from his country after a Spanish ship picked up the bodies of 24 migrants off the Canary Islands.
59 12 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0434 Mauritania's Prime Minister on Thursday called for help to deal with a massive wave of emigration from his country after a Spanish ship picked up the bodies of 25 migrants off the Canary Islands.
59 12 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0528 Boubacar requested aid from particularly from the European Union and Spain due to its proximity to Africa
59 12 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0528 In an interview published in Spain's El Pais paper Mauritania's Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called for international help to deal with a massive wave of emigration from his country after a Spanish ship picked up the bodies of 25 other migrants off the Canary Islands
59 12 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0642 A day after a Spanish ship picked up the bodies of 25 migrants off the Canary Islands, a Spanish possession, the Prime Minister of the west African state of Mauritania made a desperate plea for help to deal with a massive wave of emigration from his country.
59 12 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 In an interview published in Spain's El Pais paper, Mauritania's Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called for international help to deal with a massive wave of emigration from his country after a Spanish ship picked up the bodies of 25 other migrants off the Canary Islands.
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060315.1202 Spain also offered to supply Mauritania with coastal boats to help it patrol its coasts and  aid to set up immigrant shelters. ... "The Commission has decided ... to send a high level official from the European Commission to join the Spanish minister of foreign affairs to visit Mauritania tomorrow, to discuss with the relevant ministers in Mauritania what the situation is, to listen to them, to hear what exactly the problems are and also to see how best the EU can assist Mauritania in dealing with this problem."
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania pleads help to stop African migrants trying to illegally reach Europe
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania pleads help to stop African migrants trying to illegally reach Europe NOUAKCHOTT , Mauritania Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe , the prime minister said , calling on the West to send planes , boats and vehicles to help seal his borders .
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania pleads help to stop African migrants trying to illegally reach Europe NOUAKCHOTT , prime minister said , calling on the West to send planes , boats and vehicles to help seal his borders .
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060317.0037 Prime Minister Boubacar _ calling on the West to send planes, boats and vehicles so Mauritania could better patrol its borders _ said Thursday that authorities had arrested 3,900 migrants in 2005 but that 1,200 had already been detained this year, only 10 weeks old.
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania has called on the West, particularly Spain, for help in stanching the flood of migrants.
59 12 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 MAURITANIA HAS CALLED ON THE WEST, PARTICULARLY SPAIN, FOR HELP IN STANCHING THE FLOOD OF MIGRANTS.
59 12 okay NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 The government of Mauritania has said that without aid from abroad it is practically helpless against the vast numbers of migrants who are collecting within its borders in hopes of going to the islands.
59 12 okay NYT_ENG_20060318.0110 The government of Mauritania has said that without aid from abroad it is practically helpless against the vast numbers of migrants who are collecting within its borders in hopes of going to the islands.
59 12 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 MAURITANIAN PRIME MINISTER SIDI MOHAMED AULD BOUBACAR TOLD THE SPANISH MEDIA ON THURSDAY THAT HIS NATION NEEDED HELP TO CONTAIN THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS FROM OTHER NATIONS INCLUDING MALI, GHANA, NIGERIA AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20041129.0678 "Moroccan police regularly arrest dozens of Moroccans, north Africans, Asians and people from the sub-Sahara trying to gain access to Europe across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar which separates the two continents, or through Spain's Canary Isles. "
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060306.0477 At least 22 people were missing after a boat of African migrants headed for Europe sank in the Atlantic off the coast of Mauritania a Mauritanian Red Crescent official said on Monday
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060308.0233 2006-03-08 Up to 20,000 Africans are trying to reach Europe from camps in Western Sahara and Mauritania. Spain's El Pais daily newspaper said that at least 45 people-smuggling gangs were charging an average of 1,000 euros (1,200 dollars) per person for passage to the Canary Islands. The would-be migrants are gathered in 15 encampments along the Western Saharan coast and the Mauritanian coast further south. The two main gathering points are in Mauritania, chiefly Nouadhibou but also the inland Zouerat.
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060308.0233 Up to 20,000 Africans are trying to reach Europe from camps in Western Sahara and Mauritania, the governor of Spain's Canary Islands said Wednesday.
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0532 Illicit migration to Spain's Canary Islands seen as stepping stone to mainland Europe has been on the rise in recent months and Spanish authorities said the number of migrants intercepted there tripled to 3,031 in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2005
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0532 Mauritania , Spain mull strategy as thousands of illicit migrants die at sea NOUAKCHOTT , 2006 Mauritanian and Spanish authorities were mulling over strategies Wednesday to stem the tide of illegal migration as aid agencies said up to 1,300 Africans may have died at sea in recent months in search of a more comfortable life in Europe .
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060315.0532 Mauritania , Spain mull strategy as thousands of illicit migrants die at sea NOUAKCHOTT , mulling over strategies to stem tide of illegal migration as aid agencies said up to 1,300 Africans died at sea in search of more comfortable life in Europe .
59 1 vital AFP_ENG_20060321.0272 Many Africans risk their lives making perilous voyages across the Atlantic to Spain's Canary Islands from Mauritania in a bid to escape the economic misery at home.
59 1 vital APW_ENG_20060314.0813 Mauritania's government said it stopped more than 600 migrants in February who were trying to sneak into Europe, most attempting illegal entry through Spain.
59 1 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe, the prime minister said Thursday, calling on the West to send planes, boats and vehicles to help seal his borders.
59 1 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 DOZENS OF SPANISH TROOPS ARE HELPING BUILD A DEPORTATION CENTER IN NORTHERN MAURITANIA TO HOUSE AFRICAN MIGRANTS CAPTURED TRYING TO REACH EUROPE BY BOAT, POLICE OFFICIALS SAID FRIDAY.
59 1 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles kilometers across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania
59 1 vital APW_ENG_20060328.0428 Spain on Tuesday deported 60 African migrants back to Mauritania, from where they had set out in open-top fishing boats trying to reach Europe.
59 1 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0071 SPAIN-IMMIG (Madrid, Spain) -- Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led at least 25 deaths over the past week.
59 1 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0076 EXP-SPAIN-IMMIG (Madrid, Spain) -- Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led at least 25 deaths over the past week.
59 1 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led to at least 25 deaths in the last week. The Spanish government says more than 1,000 migrants have been detained at sea in the last 10 days while trying to reach the islands from Mauritania on North Africa's western coast, a voyage of 500 miles. The migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, crowd into boats carrying dozens of passengers in hopes of reaching the islands and thereby gaining entry to the European Union.
59 1 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 The migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, crowd into boats carrying dozens of passengers in hopes of reaching the islands and thereby gaining entry to the European Union.
59 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 MAURITANIAN PRIME MINISTER SIDI MOHAMED AULD BOUBACAR TOLD THE SPANISH MEDIA ON THURSDAY THAT HIS NATION NEEDED HELP TO CONTAIN THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS FROM OTHER NATIONS INCLUDING MALI, GHANA, NIGERIA AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
59 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Groups of people from western African countries set out secretly from the northern coast of Mauritania for Spain's Canary Islands recently.
59 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Spain and Mauritania agreed to operate jointly to prevent African illegal migrants from trying to enter Europe by sea a joint statement between the two countries said Friday
59 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Spain and Mauritania agreed to operate jointly to prevent African illegal migrants from trying to enter Europe by sea, a joint statement between the two countries said Friday.
59 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 SPAIN AND MAURITANIA AGREED TO OPERATE JOINTLY TO PREVENT AFRICAN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM TRYING TO ENTER EUROPE BY SEA, A JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES SAID FRIDAY.
59 2 vital AFP_ENG_20041129.0678 "Moroccan police regularly arrest dozens of Moroccans, north Africans, Asians and people from the sub-Sahara trying to gain access to Europe across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar which separates the two continents, or through Spain's Canary Isles. "
59 2 vital APW_ENG_20060308.1207 Mauritania arrests 76 Senegalese migrants on wood boat headed for Canary Islands DAKAR , Senegal Mauritanian authorities arrested 76 illegal migrants from neighboring Senegal who were traveling on a wooden boat headed for Spain's Canary islands , an official said .
59 2 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles kilometers across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania
59 2 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 2 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led to at least 25 deaths in the last week.
59 2 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led to at least 25 deaths in the last week. The Spanish government says more than 1,000 migrants have been detained at sea in the last 10 days while trying to reach the islands from Mauritania on North Africa's western coast, a voyage of 500 miles. The migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, crowd into boats carrying dozens of passengers in hopes of reaching the islands and thereby gaining entry to the European Union.
59 2 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0110 The Canary Islands, which are 70 miles off Morocco's southwestern coast, have been drawing boats of illegal migrants since 1995. In 2005, more than 4,700 migrants were detained while trying to reach the Canary Islands. In 2006, the number of detentions has already surpassed 3,500.
59 2 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0110 The Spanish government says more than 1,000 migrants have been detained at sea in the last 10 days while trying to reach the islands from Mauritania on North Africa's western coast, a voyage of 500 miles.
59 2 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spain arrests African migrants on illegal Mauritania - Spain crossing MADRID , ( Xinhua ) Spanish police arrested more than 100 migrants making an illegal journey from the north African country of Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands .
59 2 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish police arrested more than 100 migrants making an illegal journey from the north African country of Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday
59 2 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish police arrested more than 100 migrants making an illegal journey from the north African country of Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday.
59 2 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED MORE THAN 100 MIGRANTS MAKING AN ILLEGAL JOURNEY FROM THE NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY OF MAURITANIA TO SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS ON THURSDAY.
59 2 vital XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 The number of illegal migrants detained in the Canary Islands so far was 3,500. There were more than 4,700 in 2005 and around 8,500 in 2004.
59 2 vital XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Groups of people from western African countries set out secretly from the northern coast of Mauritania for Spain's Canary Islands recently.
59 3 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles kilometers across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania
59 3 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 3 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 3 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 MAURITANIA DOES NOT OFFER THE EASIEST ROUTE TO EUROPE, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES JUST ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, PRESSURING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO SEND WOULD-BE IMMIGRANTS BY TRADITIONAL WOODEN FISHING CANOE TO SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS _ HUNDREDS OF MILES (KILOMETERS) ACROSS TREACHEROUS ATLANTIC WATERS FROM MAURITANIA.
59 3 vital APW_ENG_20060327.0496 Since more north African countries have cracked down on illegal immigration thousands in search of economic opportunity in Europe have boarded fishing boats on Mauritania's coast for the dangerous trip a 600-mile 970-kilometer journey that the local Red Crescent says has left more than 1,000 dead in the past four months
59 3 vital APW_ENG_20060327.0496 Since more north African countries have cracked down on illegal immigration, thousands in search of economic opportunity in Europe have boarded fishing boats on Mauritania's coast for the dangerous trip _ a 600-mile (970-kilometer) journey that the local Red Crescent says has left more than 1,000 dead in the past four months.
59 3 vital NYT_ENG_20060318.0110 Spanish officials say the resurgence suggests that the Moroccan crackdown has been less effective than previously thought, since the migrants have responded by pushing their departure point south to Mauritania.
59 4 vital AFP_ENG_20050211.0237 Several dozen Indian migrants found stranded in northwest Africa GENEVA , Several dozen people from India have been found stranded in Mauritania , amid evidence that traffickers were using the northwest African country to smuggle migrants into Europe , a leading migration agency said .
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060314.0813 2006-03-14 Mauritanian authorities on Tuesday detained 50 would-be migrants who had been abandoned by human traffickers in the desert. The group, which ran out of food and water, was found in the Sahara desert about 27 kilometers (17 miles) northeast of Mauritania's Nouadhibou. The group included citizens from the West African nations of Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast. Each had paid about US$2,000 (euro1,673) for passage on a boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands. The migrants had yet to board a boat leaving the Atlantic Ocean port of Nouadhibou, and the traffickers left the group in the desert to hide them temporarily from authorities.
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060314.0813 The migrants had yet to board a boat leaving the Atlantic Ocean port of Nouadhibou and the traffickers left the group in the desert to hide them temporarily from authorities
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060316.0609 North African countries then reportedly increased patrols along long-established trans-Sahara Desert trade routes, perhaps pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send their human cargo to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania.
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles kilometers across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 4 vital APW_ENG_20060324.0836 MAURITANIA DOES NOT OFFER THE EASIEST ROUTE TO EUROPE, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES JUST ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, PRESSURING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO SEND WOULD-BE IMMIGRANTS BY TRADITIONAL WOODEN FISHING CANOE TO SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS _ HUNDREDS OF MILES (KILOMETERS) ACROSS TREACHEROUS ATLANTIC WATERS FROM MAURITANIA.
59 5 okay AFP_ENG_20060321.0272 Many Africans risk their lives making perilous voyages across the Atlantic to Spain's Canary Islands from Mauritania in a bid to escape the economic misery at home.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060308.1207 Mauritania arrests 76 Senegalese migrants on wood boat headed for Canary Islands DAKAR , Senegal Mauritanian authorities arrested 76 illegal migrants from neighboring Senegal who were traveling on a wooden boat headed for Spain's Canary islands , an official said .
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 More than 1,000 Africans have died over the past four months while trying to sail in small wooden boats from Mauritania to Spain's faraway Canary Islands, Mauritania's Red Crescent branch says.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Police intercepted some 400 Africans trying to reach the Canary Islands _ a single-day record _ after long, dangerous trips in nine overcrowded boats that set out from Mauritania. More than 3,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands from Africa so far this year, compared to 4,751 for the whole of 2005 and 8,519 in 2004.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement. The African migrants, seeking employment or better prospects in richer European countries, have been boarding traditional wooden fishing canoes called pirogues to traverse the treacherous waters. The deep-walled pirogues are open to the elements are often powered by a single outboard engine and rarely have navigational or emergency equipment. The wooden vessels are normally used by West Africans for daylong net-fishing expeditions, not a journey that can take three days and nights.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles kilometers across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 MAURITANIA DOES NOT OFFER THE EASIEST ROUTE TO EUROPE, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES JUST ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, PRESSURING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO SEND WOULD-BE IMMIGRANTS BY TRADITIONAL WOODEN FISHING CANOE TO SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS _ HUNDREDS OF MILES (KILOMETERS) ACROSS TREACHEROUS ATLANTIC WATERS FROM MAURITANIA.
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 More than 1,000 Africans driven by hopes for a better life in richer lands have died over the past four months alone while trying to sail in small wooden boats from Mauritania to the Canary Islands Mauritania's Red Crescent branch says
59 5 okay APW_ENG_20060328.0428 More than 3,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands so far this year, the vast majority packed into open, wooden boats. Mauritania's Red Crescent says more than 1,000 have died trying to make the trip since the beginning of the year.
59 5 okay NYT_ENG_20060318.0071 SPAIN-IMMIG (Madrid, Spain) -- Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led at least 25 deaths over the past week.
59 5 okay NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led to at least 25 deaths in the last week.
59 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0317 Last Sunday, Spanish authorities said they had intercepted 211 clandestine African migrants in boats off the Canary islands over the weekend, some apparently from Mauritania.
59 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0532 Mauritania , Spain mull strategy as thousands of illicit migrants die at sea NOUAKCHOTT , 2006 Mauritanian and Spanish authorities were mulling over strategies Wednesday to stem the tide of illegal migration as aid agencies said up to 1,300 Africans may have died at sea in recent months in search of a more comfortable life in Europe .
59 6 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 Spain intends to re-activate a 2003 "emergency co-operation plan with Mauritania", giving the west African country patrol boats and establishing holding camps for the would-be clandestine migrants. The bilateral deal provided for the repatriation to Mauritania of migrants that illicitly entered Spain. But Madrid now wants that repatriation to Mauritania also applies to migrants from third countries who would have set off from Mauritania.
59 6 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country
59 6 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement.
59 6 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement. The African migrants, seeking employment or better prospects in richer European countries, have been boarding traditional wooden fishing canoes called pirogues to traverse the treacherous waters. The deep-walled pirogues are open to the elements are often powered by a single outboard engine and rarely have navigational or emergency equipment. The wooden vessels are normally used by West Africans for daylong net-fishing expeditions, not a journey that can take three days and nights.
59 6 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 DOZENS OF SPANISH TROOPS ARE HELPING BUILD A DEPORTATION CENTER IN NORTHERN MAURITANIA TO HOUSE AFRICAN MIGRANTS CAPTURED TRYING TO REACH EUROPE BY BOAT, POLICE OFFICIALS SAID FRIDAY.
59 6 okay NYT_ENG_20060318.0077 Spain's deputy prime minister began an emergency visit to the Canary Islands on Saturday to discuss ways to control a record flow of African migrants arriving in boats from Mauritania that has led to at least 25 deaths in the last week. The Spanish government says more than 1,000 migrants have been detained at sea in the last 10 days while trying to reach the islands from Mauritania on North Africa's western coast, a voyage of 500 miles. The migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, crowd into boats carrying dozens of passengers in hopes of reaching the islands and thereby gaining entry to the European Union.
59 6 okay NYT_ENG_20060318.0110 The Spanish government says more than 1,000 migrants have been detained at sea in the last 10 days while trying to reach the islands from Mauritania on North Africa's western coast, a voyage of 500 miles.
59 6 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish police arrested more than 100 migrants making an illegal journey from the north African country of Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday
59 6 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED MORE THAN 100 MIGRANTS MAKING AN ILLEGAL JOURNEY FROM THE NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY OF MAURITANIA TO SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS ON THURSDAY.
59 6 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon told the nation's press that Spain the European Union the Canary Island's local government and Mauritania had had a productive meeting in Nouadhibou a port town on the Mauritanian coast which hosts migrant detention camps
59 6 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon told the nation's press that Spain, the European Union, the Canary Island's local government and Mauritania had had a productive meeting in Nouadhibou, a port town on the Mauritanian coast which hosts migrant detention camps.
59 6 okay XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Spain and Mauritania agreed to operate jointly to prevent African illegal migrants from trying to enter Europe by sea, a joint statement between the two countries said Friday.
59 6 okay XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Spain Mauritania joint efforts against illegal migration
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Mauritania pleads help to stop African migrants trying to illegally reach Europe NOUAKCHOTT , Mauritania Mauritania is being overwhelmed by migrants from elsewhere in Africa setting out from the country on an often deadly voyage to Europe , the prime minister said , calling on the West to send planes , boats and vehicles to help seal his borders .
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 More than 1,000 Africans have died over the past four months while trying to sail in small wooden boats from Mauritania to Spain's faraway Canary Islands, Mauritania's Red Crescent branch says.
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 Police intercepted some 400 Africans trying to reach the Canary Islands _ a single-day record _ after long, dangerous trips in nine overcrowded boats that set out from Mauritania. More than 3,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands from Africa so far this year, compared to 4,751 for the whole of 2005 and 8,519 in 2004.
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060316.0609 The two countries hope for an "urgent plan of cooperation" that could see Spain helping Mauritania patrol its coastline, while establishing centers to process any migrants found in the country, the presidency said in a statement. The African migrants, seeking employment or better prospects in richer European countries, have been boarding traditional wooden fishing canoes called pirogues to traverse the treacherous waters. The deep-walled pirogues are open to the elements are often powered by a single outboard engine and rarely have navigational or emergency equipment. The wooden vessels are normally used by West Africans for daylong net-fishing expeditions, not a journey that can take three days and nights.
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles kilometers across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands _ hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Mauritania does not offer the easiest route to Europe, but other countries just across the ocean from southern Europe have cracked down on illegal migrants, pressuring human traffickers to step up efforts to send would-be immigrants by traditional wooden fishing canoe to Spain's Canary Islands hundreds of miles (kilometers) across treacherous Atlantic waters from Mauritania.
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 MAURITANIA DOES NOT OFFER THE EASIEST ROUTE TO EUROPE, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES JUST ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, PRESSURING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO SEND WOULD-BE IMMIGRANTS BY TRADITIONAL WOODEN FISHING CANOE TO SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS _ HUNDREDS OF MILES (KILOMETERS) ACROSS TREACHEROUS ATLANTIC WATERS FROM MAURITANIA.
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 More than 1,000 Africans driven by hopes for a better life in richer lands have died over the past four months alone while trying to sail in small wooden boats from Mauritania to the Canary Islands Mauritania's Red Crescent branch says
59 7 okay APW_ENG_20060327.0496 Since more north African countries have cracked down on illegal immigration, thousands in search of economic opportunity in Europe have boarded fishing boats on Mauritania's coast for the dangerous trip _ a 600-mile (970-kilometer) journey that the local Red Crescent says has left more than 1,000 dead in the past four months.
59 7 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish police arrested more than 100 migrants making an illegal journey from the north African country of Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday. The perilous 645-km journey took the migrants 25 long days, traveling against the prevailing Atlantic winds and currents. Some 24 bodies were found in waters off Mauritania on Wednesday.
59 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0528 The bilateral deal provided for the repatriation to Mauritania of migrants that illicitly entered Spain
59 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0528 The bilateral deal provided for the repatriation to Mauritania of migrants that illicitly entered Spain. But Madrid now wants that repatriation to Mauritania applies even to migrants from third countries who would have set off from the desert country that straddles between black west Africa and the Arab northern Africa.
59 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 But Madrid now wants that repatriation to Mauritania applies even to migrants from third countries who would have set off from the desert country that straddles between black west Africa and the Arab northern Africa.
59 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 Spain intends to re-activate a 2003 "emergency co-operation plan with Mauritania", giving the west African country patrol boats and establishing holding camps for the would-be clandestine migrants. The bilateral deal provided for the repatriation to Mauritania of migrants that illicitly entered Spain. But Madrid now wants that repatriation to Mauritania also applies to migrants from third countries who would have set off from Mauritania.
59 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 The bilateral deal provided for the repatriation to Mauritania of migrants that illicitly entered Spain.
59 8 okay AFP_ENG_20060316.0679 THE BILATERAL DEAL PROVIDED FOR THE REPATRIATION TO MAURITANIA OF MIGRANTS THAT ILLICITLY ENTERED SPAIN.
59 8 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 Dozens of Spanish troops are helping build a deportation center in northern Mauritania to house African migrants captured trying to reach Europe by boat, police officials said Friday.
59 8 okay APW_ENG_20060324.0836 DOZENS OF SPANISH TROOPS ARE HELPING BUILD A DEPORTATION CENTER IN NORTHERN MAURITANIA TO HOUSE AFRICAN MIGRANTS CAPTURED TRYING TO REACH EUROPE BY BOAT, POLICE OFFICIALS SAID FRIDAY.
59 8 okay APW_ENG_20060328.0428 Spain on Tuesday deported 60 African migrants back to Mauritania, from where they had set out in open-top fishing boats trying to reach Europe.
59 8 okay APW_ENG_20060328.0428 SPAIN ON TUESDAY DEPORTED 60 AFRICAN MIGRANTS BACK TO MAURITANIA, FROM WHERE THEY HAD SET OUT IN OPEN-TOP FISHING BOATS TRYING TO REACH EUROPE.
59 8 okay XIN_ENG_20060317.0213 Spain , Mauritania joint efforts against illegal migration DAKAR , ( Xinhua ) Spain and Mauritania agreed to operate jointly to prevent African illegal migrants from trying to enter Europe by sea , a joint statement between the two countries said .
59 9 okay AFP_ENG_20041016.0143 "Italian minister Giuseppe Pisanu, who hosts his counterparts from Britain, France, Germany and Spain, said he will elaborate on a controversial plan to create holding centres for migrants in north Africa so they can be screened without entering Europe illegally. "
59 9 okay AFP_ENG_20060315.0317 The European Commission also expressed serious concern on Wednesday about the growing number of Africans trying to illegally reach Europe from Mauritania, with many dying in the process.
59 9 okay APW_ENG_20060315.1202 Spain also offered to supply Mauritania with coastal boats to help it patrol its coasts and  aid to set up immigrant shelters. ... "The Commission has decided ... to send a high level official from the European Commission to join the Spanish minister of foreign affairs to visit Mauritania tomorrow, to discuss with the relevant ministers in Mauritania what the situation is, to listen to them, to hear what exactly the problems are and also to see how best the EU can assist Mauritania in dealing with this problem."
59 9 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Officials from Spain's foreign and interior ministries, and the European Union's justice and home affairs commission, flew to Mauritania on Thursday to discuss with officials ways to reduce the rising number of dangerous crossings.
59 9 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon told the nation's press that Spain the European Union the Canary Island's local government and Mauritania had had a productive meeting in Nouadhibou a port town on the Mauritanian coast which hosts migrant detention camps
59 9 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon told the nation's press that Spain, the European Union, the Canary Island's local government and Mauritania had had a productive meeting in Nouadhibou, a port town on the Mauritanian coast which hosts migrant detention camps.
59 9 okay XIN_ENG_20060316.0409 SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BERNARDINO LEON TOLD THE NATION'S PRESS THAT SPAIN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE CANARY ISLAND'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MAURITANIA HAD HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING IN NOUADHIBOU, A PORT TOWN ON THE MAURITANIAN COAST WHICH HOSTS MIGRANT DETENTION CAMPS.
60 10 okay XIN_ENG_20050906.0091 SINO-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC AND TRADE TIES ARE EXPECTED TO BOOST TO A NEW LEVEL WITH INCREASED BILATERAL COOPERATION IN AUTOMOBILES, COMMUNICATIONS, HOME APPLIANCES, BUILDING MATERIALS AND AGRICULTURE SECTORS THIS IS THE VIEW SHARED BY CHINESE AND RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE ONGOING FIRST CHINA JILIN-NORTHEAST ASIA INVESTMENT AND TRADE EXPO HELD IN CHANGCHUN, CAPITAL OF NORTHEAST CHINA'S JILIN PROVINCE.
60 10 okay XIN_ENG_20050906.0091 Sino-Russian economic and trade ties are expected to boost to a new level with increased bilateral cooperation in automobiles, .... Russia needs to buy consumer goods from China. ... The China-Russia trade volume hit a record 21.2 billion US dollars last year, up 34.7 percent over 2003. Bilateral trade in the first seven months this year reached 15 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of over 30 percent. The total trade volume this year is likely to be a new record, Ma said.
60 11 okay NYT_ENG_20051231.0085 these days, the Volga is better know as a taxi, not a luxury car, as more and more Russians choose the price and quality of foreign imports over what used to be the best of what the Soviet automobile industry offered. ... Asian imports have become a better bargain because of low prices and less maintenance than today's Volga.
60 12 vital NYT_ENG_20051231.0085 these days, the Volga is better know as a taxi, not a luxury car, as more and more Russians choose the price and quality of foreign imports over what used to be the best of what the Soviet automobile industry offered. ... Asian imports have become a better bargain because of low prices and less maintenance than today's Volga.
60 12 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 AN OFFICER OF THE MANZHOULI CUSTOMS ATTRIBUTED THE LARGE INCREASE OF EXPORTS TO THE HIGH QUALITY AND LOW PRICES OF CHINESE AUTOMOBILES.
60 12 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 Made-in-Made-in-China car exports to Russia rise sharply China car exports to Russia rise sharply. An officer of the Manzhouli Customs attributed the large increase of exports to the high quality and low prices of Chinese automobiles. Other reasons included simplified customs procedures and proximity to Russia.
60 13 vital XIN_ENG_20060208.0097 Manzhouli China's leading inland port on the China-Russia border reports exports of more than 500 automobiles in January this year a 160 percent growth year-on-year local official source said
60 13 vital XIN_ENG_20060208.0097 Manzhouli, China's leading inland port on the China-Russia border, reports exports of more than 500 automobiles in January this year, a 160 percent growth year-on-year, local official source said.
60 14 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 "Our target is to turn Russia into a regional core base for FAW's auto export," said Li Weidou, general manager of the FAW import and export company.
60 14 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 Our target is to turn Russia into a regional core base for FAW's auto export said Li Weidou general manager of the FAW import and export company
60 14 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 Our target is to turn Russia into a regional core base for FAW's auto export, said Li Weidou, general manager of the FAW import and export company.
60 14 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 "OUR TARGET IS TO TURN RUSSIA INTO A REGIONAL CORE BASE FOR FAW'S AUTO EXPORT," SAID LI WEIDOU, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FAW IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY.
60 15 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 Made-in-China car exports to Russia rise sharply
60 16 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 2004-12-15, HOHHOT, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) China exported 280 domestic- manufactured motor vehicles to Russia through Manzhouli, China's largest land port, in the first 11 months of this year, according to latest customs statistics. This is 19 times last year's figure. Nearly 85 percent of the export were vans. The remaining were buses and mini-trucks. An officer of the Manzhouli Customs attributed the large increase of exports to the high quality and low prices of Chinese automobiles. Other reasons included simplified customs procedures and proximity to Russia.
60 16 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 An officer of the Manzhouli Customs attributed the large increase of exports to the high quality and low prices of Chinese automobiles
60 16 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 AN OFFICER OF THE MANZHOULI CUSTOMS ATTRIBUTED THE LARGE INCREASE OF EXPORTS TO THE HIGH QUALITY AND LOW PRICES OF CHINESE AUTOMOBILES.
60 16 vital XIN_ENG_20041215.0066 Made-in-Made-in-China car exports to Russia rise sharply China car exports to Russia rise sharply. An officer of the Manzhouli Customs attributed the large increase of exports to the high quality and low prices of Chinese automobiles. Other reasons included simplified customs procedures and proximity to Russia.
60 17 okay XIN_ENG_20050425.0018 As the largest land port on the Sino-Russian border Manzhouli handles nearly 60 percent of the annual trade volume between China and Russia
60 17 okay XIN_ENG_20050425.0018 As the largest land port on the Sino-Russian border, Manzhouli handles nearly 60 percent of the annual trade volume between China and Russia.
60 17 okay XIN_ENG_20050425.0018 As the largest land port on the Sino-Russian border, Manzhouli handles nearly 60 percent of the annual trade volume between China and Russia.Beginning this year, fruit, vegetables and automobiles have been added to China's export list.
60 17 okay XIN_ENG_20050425.0018 Beginning this year, fruit, vegetables and automobiles have been added to China's export list.
60 17 okay XIN_ENG_20050425.0018 BEGINNING THIS YEAR, FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND AUTOMOBILES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO CHINA'S EXPORT LIST.
60 18 okay XIN_ENG_20051221.0225 While the world auto giants have started Chinese language training Chinese auto makers have been writing their introduction brochures in Arabic Russian and other languages
60 18 okay XIN_ENG_20051221.0225 While the world auto giants have started Chinese language training, Chinese auto makers have been writing their introduction brochures in Arabic, Russian and other languages.
60 19 vital XIN_ENG_20060208.0106 BEIJING, Feb.8 (Xinhua)-- The Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery Automotive Co. (CAC) has signed a partnership agreement with the Russian-based Avtotor to assemble cars in Russia. Details on the joint-venture are still under discussion, reports Wednesday's Economic Information Daily, quoting a manager from Chery. Russian media sources confirmed that the news and said Chery also plans to establish a factory with Avtotor if Chery cars are sold successfully in Russia.
60 19 vital XIN_ENG_20060208.0106 Russian media sources confirmed that the news and said Chery also plans to establish a factory with Avtotor if Chery cars are sold successfully in Russia
60 19 vital XIN_ENG_20060209.0220 Chery and Avtotor are also considering to set up a new plant with a total investment of 200 million U.S dollars if auto sales are successful
60 19 vital XIN_ENG_20060209.0220 Having established a production base in Iran, Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery is considering to build an assembly plant in Russia, a manager of the company said. The manager, who declined to give his name, told Xinhua that Chery has reached an agreement with Avtotor of Russia to assemble auto parts there and cooperation details are in discussion. According to Russia media reports, Chery will use the standby production capability of Avtotor to assemble automobiles. Chery and Avtotor are also considering to set up a new plant, with a total investment of 200 million U.S. dollars, if auto sales are successful.
60 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 2006-03-03, CHANGCHUN, March 3 (Xinhua) First Automobile Works (FAW), China's leading car maker, plans to export more than 20,000 automobiles and complete sets of auto spare parts to Russia within the next two years, a company source has disclosed.
60 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 China's largest car manufacturer tapping Russian market   CHANGCHUN, March 3 (Xinhua)    First Automobile Works (FAW), China's leading car maker, plans to export more than 20,000 automobiles and complete sets of auto spare parts to Russia within the next two years, a company source has disclosed.
60 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 First Automobile Works (FAW), China's leading car maker, plans to export more than 20,000 automobiles and complete sets of auto spare parts to Russia within the next two years
60 1 vital XIN_ENG_20060303.0078 First Automobile Works (FAW), China's leading car maker, plans to export more than 20,000 automobiles and complete sets of auto spare parts to Russia within th