FDA screening of fish imports not catching antibiotics and drug residue

By Laurel Adams

FDA taken to task for sloppy inspections of imported fish

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"… in developing countries. The top seafood exporters to the U.S. are China, Thailand, Canada, Indonesia, Vietnam and Ecuador. …"

Little house(s) and the veepstakes: Part two

By Aaron Mehta

Last week, after John McCain had trouble remembering how many homes he owned, PaperTrail took a look at the number of houses owned by the to

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"… gs include apartments in New York, hotels in Italy and Canada, and land in Thailand and France.Maybe he can let Joe Biden borrow one for a weekend getaway.Lau …"

Suspected Russian arms merchant gets his day in a New York court

By Traver Riggins

A former Soviet Air Force officer accused of supplying governments, dissident groups and terrorist organizations with weapons used in bloody

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"… federal district court, just hours after his extradition to the U.S. from Thailand.Viktor Bout, 43, has been in custody since a March 2008 arrest in Bangkok, …"

"… s and company facilities, according to Making a Killing.Bout’s arrest in Thailand came about as the result of a U.S. sting operation in which he allegedly a …"

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Tobacco company penalties may signal U.S. crackdown on industry practices overseas

By Traver Riggins and Ricardo Sandoval Palos

A flurry of federal enforcement action targeting payoffs by subsidiaries of two U.S. tobacco companies may signal a broader regulatory assau

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"… findings and to administer a tax refund, the SEC said in its complaint.In Thailand, officials of the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly, the government-owned cigarett …"

"… a tax refund, the SEC said in its complaint.In Thailand, officials of the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly, the government-owned cigarette producer, allegedly recei …"

Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

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"… sp;and Universal Corp. are two U.S. suppliers of raw tobacco. In Thailand, Bobby Elkin was an executive with a company that later became Alliance. P …"

"… strated more than $500,000 in payoffs to officials from the government’s Thailand Tobacco Monopoly, which controls the nation’s cigarette industry. And in …"

Government printer can’t locate laptops with sensitive e-passport information

By John Solomon

The Government Printing Office, criticized for lax security on passports, can’t locate at least 88 laptops issued to employees, some of whom

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"… overseas. Those policies allowed some e-Passport components to be made in Thailand -- despite repeated warnings of the nation’s instability and proximity t …"

"… tem.GPO told the Center this summer that it had planned to move all of the Thailand component production to a plant in Minnesota by this August.GPO spokesman …"

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Undercover feds able to easily obtain fraudulent e-passports

By John Solomon

A decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks brought to light the dangers of fake IDs, federal undercover agents are still able to easi

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"… ch allowed sensitive components to be assembled in volatile countries like Thailand. U.S. officials raised concerns for years that the lack of security and th …"

Senior Democrat demands better security, U.S.-only production of e-passports

By John Solomon

A senior Senate Democrat today demanded that the government move all production of America's electronic passport into the United States and

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"… r chips and antennas for the e-Passports had to be assembled in a plant in Thailand, a country plagued by frequent political unrest, violence and terrorism. T …"

"… hat GPO has permitted production of key e-Passport equipment to persist in Thailand for four years despite repeated concerns by its own security officer that …"

"… gation found.GPO said today it will finish moving the assembly work out of Thailand this summer. It defended its decision to have the work done there, saying …"

"… the chips that are currently being manufactured elsewhere and assembled in Thailand," he wrote to GPO’s Tapella.Schumer noted that security experts quoted b …"

U.S. lacks basic security for e-passport manufacturing

By John Solomon

Last month, a gunman opened fire on an insurance building in the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya, piercing the glass windows of the People’s

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"… g concerns ranged from poor police protection and political instability in Thailand to difficulty in obtaining security background checks for factory workers, …"

"… and hope to have all of it stateside by summer’s end.But the problems in Thailand are just one of several serious vulnerabilities to the e-Passport producti …"

"… 100 percent of the inlays can finally be produced stateside — and not in Thailand — as early as July or August, they said.Otherwise, officials said they a …"

"… velopment of the e-Passport, but asserted the challenges were overcome.The Thailand StoryGPO officials said they ultimately outsourced the production of key c …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

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"… rysotile abroad. More than half went to India; the rest went to Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. At home it was …"

"… l, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. The industry paid for all of his travel, Bernstein told ICIJ …"

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