Sitting out in the open I think is the best way to encourage communications, to hear what’s going on.”City officials meanwhile confirmed that some of the 13 bodies pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Centre on New Year’s Day were more or less intact. Most belonged tofirefighters, who were in the lobby of one of the towers when they collapsed.Fears that the victims may have been living for days beneath the rubble of the structures are likely to be misplaced. The heavy clothing of the firemen might have protected their bodies but it seems probable that they died instantly from the trauma of the crushing force of the concrete.A New York judge has sent a man to prison for 21 months for giving a false tip to the FBI about an Arab-American he falsely claimed was connected to the 11 September attacks.Jack Barresi, 38, pleaded guilty at trial, saying he was “ashamed and embarrassed” for putting the FBI on to the Arab-American boss of his fianc? He had previously argued with the man about his treatment of female employees.. Buddy, Bill Clinton’s brown retriever and the loyal companion that stood by the former president through his many scandals more faithfully than some of his friends, has died after being hit by a car. Whether Buddy was being walked at the time of the incident on Wednesday afternoon or whether he had wandered off on his own was not immediately clear.”He was a loyal companion and brought us much joy,” the Clinton family said in a statement issued through a spokeswoman. “He will be truly missed.”Sgt Charles Ferry, of New Castle police in New York state, said: “His dog was hit by a car. We received a call yesterday afternoon.” Police are satisfied that the driver, who has not been named, hit the dog accidentally when it ran into the road.Mr Clinton – having noted the old adage among politicians that “if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog” – took the newly born Buddy into the White House in December 1997.

The dog became an instant celebrity and even had his own official fan club.At the time Mr Clinton asked the public for suggestions for a name for his new pet and received 5,000 replies – most of which suggested the name of the famous chocolate bar Hershey. Buddy was eventually chosen in memory of one of Mr Clinton’s uncles.. More than one in 10 people on flights from Jamaica are drug mules carrying cocaine inside their bodies for little more than £3,000 a trip, it was claimed yesterday. In the year to March 2001, 31 people were taken to hospital after packages began to leak.Britain has become a particularly lucrative market because prices are considerably higher than in the United States.

After the cocaine has been mixed with other products to maximise profits it is sold for about £62 a gram.Last month, 25 people on a flight from Jamaica were arrested at Heathrow for allegedly smuggling drugs inside their bodies. A week later 15 passengers were arrested at Gatwick as officers sought to counter a surge in the trade before Christmas and New Year. The Channel Tunnel has also become an increasingly popular route into Britain because of scrutiny at the airports.Despite the apparently large scale of smuggling, only slightly more than 400 couriers were intercepted at Heathrow and Gatwick airports in the year from April 2000.In its threat assessment for 2001, the National Criminal Intelligence Service estimated up to 40 tons of cocaine was smuggled into Britain with only about one tenth being seized.Much of the cocaine on its way to Britain from South America passes through the Caribbean A large proportion is stockpiled on the Continent. Most of the cocaine reaches Europe in ships capable of carrying bulk loads but a “substantial amount” is smuggled into Britain by air.West Indian traffickers based in Britain often recruit couriers in the Caribbean who are seen as expendable and know nothing about the full criminal operation. Gang members travel with the couriers to protect their investment. Others fly in via the United States or other European countries, particularly Germany, to try to deflect suspicion.Mr Sinkinson warned that screening all passengers coming in from the Caribbean was impossible.Air Jamaica has five flights a week to Heathrow, which will rise to nine from the end of March, and British Airways has four flights to Gatwick.”It’s very difficult to estimate exactly how many passengers on any flight have got cocaine hidden inside them,” Mr Sinkinson told the BBC.”There’s certainly a fair number and each one can be carrying half a kilo.

If you had 60 people on board the flight there would be 30 kilos of cocaine going through.”He said the Jamaican couriers could be offered up to £3,300 a trip. “If you consider they are coming from areas of pretty desperate poverty, a lot of them single mothers, it’s very important for them to be able to get hold of a fast buck to look after the family.”. Conditions are right for making progress in Middle East peace talks, an optimistic US envoy Anthony Zinni said today, after separate meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The 4,000–ton ship is owned by the Palestinian Authority and carried mines, mortars and missiles intended for the Palestinian territories, Gen. Mofaz said.He said the captain and several officers were members of the Palestinian naval police.Mr Arafat’s advisers vehemently denied any links to the shipment and asked the Americans to join an investigation into the matter.