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World March 16, 2021 BAGHDAD: An Iraqi drug trafficker being escorted to court made a daring escape on Monday when associates posing as soldiers forced police to hand him over, a police official said. The trafficker, who was not named but who is believed to be backed by a powerful armed faction, was arrested on Sunday in possession of a "large quantity of drugs" in the southern province of Missan, the official said. On Monday, a force of around 100 policemen were escorting him to a court in Am...

Crazy Diamond: how LSD ruined Pink Floyds fragile genius Syd Barrett 19 Feb, 2021 01:28 AM 4 minutes to read Syd Barrett, far right, during his tenure with Pink Floyd. Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK By: Neil McCormick Syd Barrett is the lost boy of British pop. A dazzling original who saw and heard differently to everyone else, he went through the looking glass in search of his psychedelic vision, and never came back. Barretts story is a tragic saga of glory and madness, part daring ad...

Americas war on drugs failed, so Oregon is daring to decriminalise 31 Jan, 2021 12:20 AM 5 minutes to read Portland, Oregon. The state is aiming to give people caught with harder drugs a second chance. Photo / 123RF Daily Telegraph UK Jesce Horton was 18 when first arrested for carrying two grams of cannabis. A star engineering student who had grown up in the shadow of his fathers own weed conviction, he had found that the drug unlocked his talent for maths. That arrest was th...

Financial Times: The incoming US leader is right to err on the side of ambition in policy.

Mccord was on the flight. he said she was riding in a private plane to go to the lsu game. he said he was unable to go to the game. he was at work when the crash happened. mccord was one of the the planes pie not, robert crisp, gretchen vincent and michael walker vincent. >> it hurts, you feel for the family. its something we are going to get through. we just have to make sure. reporter: the lone passenger who survived the crash was taken to the hospital in critical condition. three people on th...

Youre ruining this whole family. thats why we laugh. thats why the family sitcom has always prevailed. >> oh, i could just crawl into a hole and die. >> thats the second hole shes crawled into today. >> in the 50s, you get these sitcoms that, frankly, arent really trying to be that funny. >> nobody can make pancakes like mom. >> nobody can eat them like pop. >> these shows are presented by soap sellers, car sellers. they wanted their product to be nice, with no sharp edges, so it couldnt be that...

>> were going to boycott you for playing it. >> maam, thats the last one youre going to hear. >> country music turns its back on the dixie chicks. >> as a result of statements made by members of the dixie chicks at a concert two radio networks banned the dixie chicks from their playlist at a chain level. >> in a way they were more daring than a punk band. >> shepherds bush. we return to the scene of the crime. >> they took on the establishment that wanted to own them. and they refused to knuckle...

Chicks they are banned -- >> in a way they were more daring than a punk band. >> we return to the scene of the crime. >> they took on the establishment that wanted to own them. and they refused to knuckle under. >> i thought id play something brand-new and just say, just so you know, were ashamed the president of the united states is from texas. >> weve asked artists for decades to be barometers of culture. and be voices of dissent. and in the wake of 9/11 it was just seen as a bridge too far. �...

A good year. later writer colette would kiss a woman on stage in a show that was promptly banned. thank you. on rouge lives from these scandals to this day but its become risk averse. the show is now mainstream entertainment and a big money spinner. 600000 international visitors flock to paris to see it each year. a the artistic director janet farrow ensures the dancing is 1st rate she wants performed on the move on stage herself. sometimes she misses the spirit of those early years and tries to...

Travelers as snow, heavy rain and strong winds barrel across the country. in colorado, hurricane force wind gusts whipping snow in all directions creating whiteout conditions. >> these winds are really whipping through here. >> reporter: tough even for this meteorologist to stand and dangerous for those daring to drive on the roads. in arizona, a massive pileup on the interstate with trucks struck u stuck for hours. at a grand canyon town declare a state of emergency with no power, stranding a t...