New smuggling ploy – catapults

Two alleged narcotics traffickers aligned with a right-wing paramilitary terrorist organization in Colombia have been convicted of conspiring to import multi-ton quantities of cocaine into the United States.

Christian Fernando Borda and Alvaro Alvaran-Velez were extradited from Colombia a year ago and were convicted by a federal jury Thursday.

The Justice Department said Borda led an organization that obtained cocaine from paramilitary groups and smuggled in more than 1,500 tons in drums of palm oil from Colombia in 2005, with additional shipments in 2005 and 2006. The department said Alvaran-Velez, an associate of Borda, facilitated cocaine shipments.

They were allied with Autodefenses Unidas de Colombia, an umbrella group for far-right paramilitary groups that has been designated by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/09/colombians-convicted-cocaine-smuggling-plot/#ixzz1CQSRV2p5

2010 Electric Vehicles Trade Show opens in Canada

An A2B electric car made by Canada's Projecteve is on display in Vancouver, Canada, on Sept. 15, 2010. The 2010 Electric Vehicles Trade Show opened here Wednesday, exhibiting electric vehicles designed and produced by companies of the United States, Canada and Japan.

 

Top 10 Sexiest Cities in China

A Chinese consulting corporation Horizon-China has released a ranking of 10 sexiest cities in China based on a series surveys of 30. Shanghai tops the list for its prosperity while Hong Kong and Chongqing take the second and third places respectively for well-developed showbiz and natural beauties. Following are the top 10 cities on the list:
1.  Shanghai

2. Hong Kong 

3. Chongqing

4. Beijing

5. Guangzhou

6. Shenzhen

7.  Hangzhou

 8. Sanya

9. Dalian

10. Macao