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Mobile, Alabama, may have an upturn in its homicide rate. The city's police chief blames drugs among other things, but his thinking appears to be stuck "inside the box."

Meanwhile, border violence attributed by authorities to fighting amongst Mexican drug gangs has prompted the US State Department to issue a travel advisory. Mexican officials are not pleased -- at all.

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Issue #373 -- 2/4/05

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