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A major showcase is cancelled after it's found to contain thousands of real tabs of ecstasy.
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Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce biofuels that could power airplanes, cars and trucks.
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The President appoints an army general to take control of the drug cartel-ravaged region.
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