Cocaine trade scents higher profit in Europe
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Saturday night and thrill-seekers  from around the world crowd the streets of Amsterdam&#39;s  red-light district ready to binge on sex, drugs and alcohol.
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An English drugs traffiking gang is thought to be behind a cocaine haul seized by police off the Irish coast.
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The euro surged to an all-time high of $1.2987 yesterday, putting pressure on Europe&#39;s largely export-driven economic recovery and prompting European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet
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European shares shrugged off a spike in the euro to a fresh all-time high Wednesday, with telecoms again leading the way higher after interim profits at Britain's mm02 beat expectations.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the soft-drink market in Europe.
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Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the soft-drink market in Europe. The agreement is part of a settlement of a long-running antitrust investigation by the European Union.
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European tobacco stocks were lifted by bid activity on Thursday which helped equity markets nudge higher, while interest rate decisions by both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank went as expected.
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Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the source of most of the opium and heroin on Europe's streets, was up sharply this year.
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Coca-Cola Co , the world's  largest maker of soft drinks, reported higher-than-expected  quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by higher sales,  acquisitions and foreign exchange rates.
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LIMA, Peru  - Colombia's U.S.-backed eradication  of coca, the raw material for cocaine, is driving drug  traffickers into neighboring Peru and pushing up drug  production there despite a campaign to cut coca-growing areas,  Peru's anti-drugs agency said on Friday.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N on Wednesday  reported a slight rise in quarterly net income, boosted by the  impact of currency fluctuations and a late surge in demand for  soft drinks, juices and bottled waters.
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Illegal drugs may be cheaper than ever before in Europe, with prices of heroin slumping 45 percent and cocaine down 22 percent over five years, according to the first Europe-wide report of its kind on drug prices.
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BRUSSELS -- Heroin production is booming in Afghanistan, undermining democracy and putting money in the coffers of terrorists, according to a UN report yesterday that called on US and NATO-led forces to get more involved in fighting traffickers.
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Europeâs largest oil company reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit rose 60 percent because of the sale of some assets and higher oil prices.
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LONDON  - The euro drifted back from another all-time high against the dollar as dealers booked profits following the sharp appreciation in the currency in the wake of comments from European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet and weak US
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THREE massive seizures of ecstasy over the past six months, including a record 820kg bust on Saturday, could stem from a war among European organised criminals trying to carve out a market in Australia.
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As America's appetite for coke fades, Guinea Bissau has become a key transit point for Colombia's narcotraffickers with an eye on the growing European market