The Golden Triangle's new king: drugs
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It is now estimated that 60% of the world's heroin comes out of Myanmar, and the Thai town of Fang near the Myanmar border is thought to be where most of it first leaves Myanmar. Western governments are trying to determine how much if at all Myanmar's military junta profits from heroin trade.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1995
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Change and decay in clubland
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The UK's male-dominated clubs, long bastions of British classism, are lurching toward modernization. The staid Garrick Club has had to confront the issue of whether to admit women as members, as the Reform Club has done since the 1980's.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Drugs and decay
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The problem of drug addiction in Iran, its causes and attempts to tackle it are examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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