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A soldier digs out a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

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Aymara natives hurry to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

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A soldier pulls up a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

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An Aymara native hurries to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

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Soldiers dig out plants of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

A soldier pulls up a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Aymara natives hurry to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara woman spreads coca leaves out in the sun, in the streets of La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Soldiers dig out plants of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

A soldier pulls up a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara woman spreads coca leaves out in the sun, in the streets of La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara woman spreads coca leaves out in the sun, in the streets of La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara native hurries to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Aymara natives hurry to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Soldiers dig out plants of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara woman spreads coca leaves out in the sun, in the streets of La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

A soldier pulls up a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara woman spreads coca leaves out in the sun, in the streets of La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Soldiers dig out plants of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Picture of coca leaves left to dry in the streets of La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

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Lawmakers must take action now to stop the epidemic of obesity
— Mar 13 2010 4:39 PM from The Olympian
LI girl, stuck in Haiti after quake, returns home
— Mar 13 2010 4:28 PM from Newsday
Today's headlines: Portland's pro-Tibet proclamation like "sticking a stick in a beehive"; Ducks suspend QB Jeremiah Masoli for 2010 season
— Mar 13 2010 3:38 PM from Oregon Live
Thanks to Liz Cheney's 'al-Qaeda Seven' ad, Dick Cheney may finally go away
— Mar 13 2010 1:08 PM from The Washington Post
Timing Is Everything in a Riot
— Mar 13 2010 12:39 PM from Wall Street Journal

A soldier digs out a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Aymara natives hurry to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

A soldier pulls up a plant of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

An Aymara native hurries to pick coca leaves as soldiers (out of frame) dig out the plants, in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

AFP

Soldiers dig out plants of coca in a plantation around La Asunta, a location in the Bolivian Yungas, 220 km north of La Paz, on March 12, 2010. The growing of coca keeps increasing in the Yungas -- where around 70 percent of the leaf is cultivated -- despite a Government plan which came into effect on March 1 for the eradication of illegal coca growing. A US State Department's annual report on drugs, released on March 1, 2010, estimated that Bolivia's coca cultivation grew by 10 percent last year, and that potential production of the drug ballooned by 50 percent since 2007 -- from 130 tonnes to 195 tonnes.

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