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News 12-15-03 Opium Rampant in Afghanistan (ABC News) "The raw material for heroin is grown so openly and abundantly in Afghanistan that farmers and a local mayor were willing to show the United Nation's top anti-drug official exactly how their poppy plants are cultivated for opium." 12-03 12-29-03 Afghanistan Constitution Almost Complete (ABC News) "Members of a marathon constitutional council scrambled to present final amendments to Afghanistan's first post-Taliban charter Monday, hours after an apparent suicide bomber killed four intelligence agents and heightened concerns about security." "The loya jirga, or grand council, is expected to ratify in the coming days a constitution putting the country under the strong presidency sought by the U.S.-backed incumbent, Hamid Karzai. But critics are still pressing after two weeks to give parliament enough power to keep the chief executive in check." 12-03