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From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2000 - 11:26:44 EDT


UZBEKISTAN INTERCEPTS RADIO-ACTIVE MATERIALS ON BORDER WITH
KAZAKHSTAN

Uzbek customs officials on 31 March confiscated
10 lead containers with radio-active material from an
Iranian-registered truck at the Kazakh-Uzbek border, Russian
agencies reported on 2 April. The truck was headed for
Pakistan, and its driver had documentation claiming that his
cargo consisted of stainless steel scrap. LF


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