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'eminent pledged to end the
Jtivation of poppies, a major
[iree of income in Afghanistan
a huge problem for Turkey,
ough which much of the
Him is smuggled.
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We asked the gov
ernment of Turkey
to cooperate with
Afghanistan in the
continuation of its
fight against poppy
cultivation.
— Karzai
Afghanistan interim
prime minister
iderU.S. pressure in the I970’s,
ould share its experience.
Last weekend, Turkish police
sized 7.5 tons of unrefined
lorphine, a poppy extrat, which
student,: riginated in Afghanistan.
- Tr - Tr ,olicesaid it was the largest sin-
The choice off khaulof crude morphine ever.
Kazai, who arrived in Ankara
m a private plane sent by the
government, said he was
ite
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\\ i Ilians said-
t theneAtStudei ?leased that Turkey would take
Ion the peacekeeping mission.
|Mey’s military said Sunday
the country has agreed in
^rinapleto lead the force.
Aarzai played down concerns
Turkish troops would be
embroiled in renewed unrest in
Afghanistan.
“We do not think that there
will be unrest in Afhanistan
from now on. The Afghan peo
ple and the international com
munity would resist it,” Karzai
said.
Karzai also thanked Turkey
for its help in training
Afghanistan’s new national
army, and its offer to help
rebuild the Afghan health and
education systems.
“Our relationship in military
aid, education anci culture is a
very deep one”
Karzai said.
Turkey's offer to
take over command
of the peacekeeping
force in Kabul came
after lengthy negoti
ations with the
United States and
Britain. Ecevit said
those discussions
have resulted in
agreement “to a
great extent.”
Britain, the cur
rent commander,
wants to hand over
command in April,
before the mission's
mandate expires in June. Turkey
—while willing to take on the
mission — has insisted that its
conditions be met.
Turkey has asked the United
States to provide cargo planes
and Britain to leave behind some
of the facilities it set up for the
peacekeepers.
Turkey’s demand for money
appears to have been met. State
Minister Yilmaz Karakoyunlu, a
government spokesperson, said
earlier this week that a $228
million aid package promised by
the Bush administration would
meet Turkey’s needs.
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Irug slows diseases
LONDON (AP) — Methotrexate, a key drug for rheumatoid
hritis, could help people with the crippling disease live longer,
w research suggests.
Methotrexate, originally a cancer drug, has been used to fight
umatoid arthritis for about 15 years. Since then it has been proven
slow progression of the inflammatory disease and to make patients
I better, but a new study provides the first hint it may also save lives.
Experts said the study, published this week in The Lancet med-
1 journal, was encouraging but did not provide definitive proof.
Rheumatoid arthritis strikes about one percent of people, usually
middle age.
People with the disease tend to die about 10 years sooner than nor-
•• according to Dr. Theodore Pincus, a prominent rheumatoid
hritis researcher from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
E is not the type of arthritis common in the elderly because of the
ar-and-tear of aging.
It occurs when the immune system goes awry and attacks the
tts, causing severe inflammation in the lining of the joints, pain
| d stiffness.
It is also linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
Scientists believe people with rheumatoid arthritis have shorter
l e spans partly because they face increased chances of getting heart
case and dying from it.
the latest study, led by Dr. Frederick Wolfe of the Arthritis
search Center Foundation at the University of Kansas School of
; dicine, found that patients on methotrexate were 60 percent less
e Iy to die prematurely than those not getting the drug.
Phey were 70 percent less likely than people not on the drug to
Prom heart disease.
Experts said the finding bolsters the growing body of evidence
| inflammation might play a role in heart attacks and that anti-
ammatory mediction might ward them off.
Methotrexate works by switching off the underlying inflamma-
, caused by the immune response.
n David Scott, professor of clinical rheumatology at Guy’s,
p^. s an d St. Thomas’ Medical School in London, said the
Vlv al findings echo what doctors have suspected.
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