And the canal became a lifeline for communication, with government couriers running messages up and down the waterway.
Some, like UPS, grew up as couriers and have added freight forwarding and customs brokerage services.
It is also expensive, some couriers charging upwards of 3 percent for the service.
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The drug was concealed inside suitcases and holdalls flown by couriers into Prestwick, Glasgow and Newcastle airports.
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During the drugs operation, cocaine was hidden inside suitcases and holdalls and flown into Britain by couriers.
To make deliveries, couriers traveled by foot, bike, subway or bus, getting instructions from the call center.
It also raises the risk that couriers will be intercepted and the loot traced back to its source.
They claim there is growing evidence criminals are placing drug couriers on board and attempting to corrupt crew.
Other information, such as traffic problems and the performance of individual couriers, also needs to be taken into account.
Two-thirds of the business is cash-on-delivery, concentrated in 12 large cities where the books are distributed by freelance couriers.
Such services rarely hire African-Americans as couriers because they were thought more likely to be hassled by the police.
Paperless-office advocates say they save the cost of paper, envelopes, postage, couriers, printers, copiers and, of course, filing cabinets.
And she started to look for couriers who connect Osama to the world, not bombers who carry out his orders.
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Couriers using hand luggage carry the bullion to Dubai, where it is sold for foreign currency or shipped to Iran.
As Jonathan Landay reports, the operation began several years ago, when al-Qaeda couriers working for bin Laden directly were identified.
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On the downside, couriers and messengers lost 19, 000 jobs, after strong seasonal hiring in November and December came to an end.
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Each of four street managers kept tabs on up to six couriers after handing over the vials from the call center.
Maldonado is accused of coordinating the shipment of heroin and sometimes cocaine, using couriers from the Dominican Republic to the United States.
The emergence of private couriers did not in any way create economic chaos or hardship as the Post Office monopoly was challenged.
"The couriers often have accidents because they drive so fast", he says.
Known to both outlets as Google Shopping Express, it would bring purchased goods from local retailers directly to your door via third-party couriers.
As well as old-school doorstep couriers, Amazon also offers collection at local shops such as Spa, as well as from security code-controlled lockers.
For orders sourced outside the major cities, individual couriers often have to be hired to make last mile deliveries from drop-off points by bicycle.
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Its real customers are the thousands of warehouses, couriers, manufacturers and hospitals that need a problem solved but can't find a device for the task.
It clarifies that the freeze on financial transactions and services that could violate sanctions applies to all cash transfers as well as the cash couriers.
Three other men - one of Bin Laden's sons and two couriers - and an unidentified woman, were killed in the raid, the official said.
For now, all of these valets are employed by eBay, but as the program extends to new cities, eBay may well hire couriers from outside contractors.
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My guess it was living without telephones or internet and relying on human couriers that kept bin Laden alive as long as he lived in Pakistan.
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Couriers are barred by law from using their computers while driving, and FedEx is required to blank the screen whenever a delivery van is in motion.
Postmates, which has couriers who deliver items within San Francisco in under an hour, has nearly 60 Bay Area startups participating in its corporate discount program.
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