Customs uncover vodka distillery
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HM Customs say it has  discovered a large distillery in Cardiff, capable of producing thousands of litres of vodka.
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MOSCOW -- In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.
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Federal agents at the Port of Miami have seized a shipment of prescription drugs ordered from a Canadian pharmacy, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.
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Some 6,500 pints of alcohol were confiscated from under-18s during a police crackdown, the Home Office says.
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A battle over the definition of vodka that has divided eastern and western Europe nears its climax with a vote in the EU parliament.
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Russian men risk death by drinking aftershave and cleaning agents with high levels of alcohol, a study suggests.
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NEW DELHI: He is said to drink little, but Russian President Vladimir Putin will nonetheless be using silverware disinfected with copious amounts of vodka, one of the many security measures in place during his India visit.
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The Russian parliament will launch an investigation today into the mystery buyer that won Sunday&#39;s auction for the main oil production unit of Yukos with a Â£4.8billion bid.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/10/04) - Coroners found traces of drugs in the systems of all the terrorists that seized a school in the North Ossetian city of Beslan last month, a senior Russian prosecutor said.
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Russian police say it happens far too often: Air travelers, drunk even before departure, cause disturbances that delay flights or worse.
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The Kvint Distillery with its smooth, wooden casks full of honey-colored brandy is so revered in Trans-Dniester that it graces the 5-ruble bank note.
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Lithuanian border guards have unearthed a three-kilometer (2-mile) pipeline for smuggling in moonshine liquor from neighboring Belarus, the guards said on Friday.
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Coca-Cola's main Russian bottling distributor has removed religious images from its drinks refrigerators after a group of Russian Orthodox believers accused it of blasphemy, a spokeswoman for the firm said on Thursday.
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One of the customers of Britain's first offshore off-licence has goods seized by customs officials.
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A study says Russian men risk death drinking aftershave and cleaning agents with high alcohol levels.
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A London bar is launching a series of index-linked vodka cocktails in a bid to promote Russian business in Britain.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems