"Keystrokes originating in one country can impact the other side of the globe in the blink of an eye, " Mr Lynn said.

BBC: Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn

"The investigation will determine whether the product under investigation originating in the country concerned is being dumped and whether the dumped imports have caused injury to the Union industry, " the European Commission said in a statement.

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Alvaro Uribe is the first Colombian President that has succeeded in fulfilling the goals of the program called "Plan Colombia", a Colombian-American-designed and American-funded plan originating in 1998 and aimed at eradicating drug trafficking in the country.

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Mostly originating from Kenya's central highlands, the Kikuyu have long wielded strong economic and political power within the country.

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