Bab el Mandeb
Bab el Mandeb [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from E Africa. It is an important passage on the Indian Ocean-Mediterranean Sea shipping route via the Suez Canal. Control of the strategically located strait was long contested by Britain and France. The island of Perim is in the strait.
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The hashish trail
Newspaper article from: The Press; 11/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...officers had their hands on 2.5kg of hashish at Lyttelton. They then carefully repacked...and Customs found $125,000 worth of hashish hidden in the Porsche 944 Turbo Black...High Court trial. This means that some hashish was replaced in the rear tyre of the car...
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POLICE FIND ONE-HECTARE HASHISH FIELD IN MADINA.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 11/29/2008; 482 words
; ...district recently discovered a one-hectare hashish field on the slope of Mt Tor Sihite...Madina, North Sumtra province. The hashish field was found thanks to a tip-off...about one hectare wide, planted with hashish. On Friday at 6 am Western Indonesian...
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350 kg hashish haul in eastern Nepal
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/18/2006; 338 words
; 350 kg hashish haul in eastern Nepal KATHMANDU, July...arrested three persons along with 350 kg of hashish in eastern Nepal, local police officer...impounded a truck and seized 350 kg of hashish from 32 different parcels on local Lahan...
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Danish police detain dozens in crackdown on hashish at Copenhagen's hippie enclave
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/16/2004; ; 560 words
; ...a major crackdown on the open sale of hashish. The drugs are illegal in Denmark, though authorities have tolerated the sale of hashish in Christiania, a counterculture oasis...removed tables "that have been used to sell hashish," Copenhagen police spokesman Flemming...
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Police: Moroccan hashish appearing locally via Egypt and Jordan
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...11-2005 Headline: Police: Moroccan hashish appearing locally via Egypt and Jordan...scene: the appearance on the streets of hashish originating from Morocco. Northern Region...kilograms of "extremely high quality" hashish. "We believe that this material originated...
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Police stage major hashish crackdown at Copenhagen's hippie enclave
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/16/2004; ; 449 words
; ...in a major crackdown on the open sale of hashish there. Drugs are illegal in Denmark, but sales of hashish in the downtown enclave known as Christiania...going after some known individuals who sell hashish," Copenhagen police spokesman Flemming...
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Police pledge to continue hashish crackdown in Danish hippie enclave
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/5/2004; ; 565 words
; ...demolished the stands where they sold hashish from for decades. Drugs are illegal in Denmark but sales of hashish in Christiania were tolerated. Residents...Steen Munch said. "The open sale of hashish continues and that means that we will...
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FOUR MEN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR THEIR ROLES IN AN INTERNATIONAL HASHISH CONSPIRACY
PR Newswire; 2/9/1993; 700+ words
; ...involved in an international conspiracy to import hashish into the United States pleaded guilty and were...resulted in the seizure of 6,393 pounds of hashish (2,906 kilograms). The hashish, which was grown in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon...
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HASHISH SEIZURE LEADS GRAND JURY TO INDICT 7 IN WORLDWIDE DRUG RING.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/7/1997; 589 words
; ...News Staff Writer Nearly 25 tons of hashish have been seized as evidence against...shipment of some $250 million worth of hashish by sea to Los Angeles, New York, Australia and elsewhere. Eight tons of hashish were seized in Australia, and the...
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Hashish dealers strike over Danish crackdown in hippie enclave
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/26/2003; ; 509 words
; ...0000 Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark Hashish dealers in Christiania, the Danish capital...government crackdown on sales of the drug. Hashish is illegal in Denmark, a Scandinavian...Police and the Danish government want hashish sales in Christiania stopped. Critics...
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hashish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hashish , resin extracted from the flower clusters...plant, Cannabis sativa, and C. indica. Hashish, called charas in India, is the most...grown in cooler climates. Like marijuana, hashish is usually smoked, but in a pipe or water...
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Marijuana
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...The term "cannabis" refers to different psychoactive preparations of the plant, including marijuana, hashish, and hashish oil. Hashish is the resin produced by the flowering tops of the plants; hashish oil is a concentrated form of cannabis...
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The Assassins
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...Hashashin, is derived from the Arabic "hashish," a name for Indian hemp ( cannabis...liberal use of the narcotic effects of hashish to achieve their fierce courage and to...them with generous amounts of the drug hashish, then hypnotically guided them to the...
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Sweden, Drug Use in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
...musicians who were performing in Sweden. Hashish ( Cannabis resin) was introduced in the...SITUATION AND TRENDS Since the 1970s, hashish has been the most widespread of the illicit...estimated 50,000 people regularly smoke hashish in Sweden as of the mid-1990s. A study...
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Ismaʿili Shiʿism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...in northern Iran in 1090 c.e. The movement he founded was known as the Assassins because of their use of hashish (users of hashish are called hashshashin in Arabic. Hasan's followers were notorious for murdering their enemies as a form...
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