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"The objective of the exercise is to deepen cooperation between the two countries in the spheres of defense and security."That cooperation has often been in short supply. That would violate FBI policy and would be inconsistent with the noncriminal justice background checks in the Interstate Crime Control and Privacy Compact.. The cards were inserted in packs of cigarettes -- in this case the long-defunct American Tobacco Co.'s Piedmont brand.But Wagner objected to his picture being used to promote tobacco and ordered it removed from Piedmont and a companion cigarette brand, Sweet Caporal, Imler said."Honus Wagner was pretty vehemently opposed to smoking. Four Laguna Beach households that lost their homes in the June 1 Bluebird Canyon landslide will be allowed free use of mobile homes for 18 months, thanks to $75,000 in donations, city officials said Thursday."This gives them some stability," said Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider, who spearheaded the arrangement."They've been going from home to home, living on the generosity of all these people who have let them live for free for two or three weeks at a time.

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