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And it's apparently because policing especially in Guinea-Bissau, which is the weakest link, is so poor that these Latin American, South American drug cartels are using this region as a major transit hub to especially traffic cocaine as the drug of choice, and that's on to Europe.
NPR: West African Drug Trade, War of Words in Sudan
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The decision to expand should help ensure that Heathrow keeps its status as a major hub for air traffic, which brings tens of thousands of jobs to the area, and has other indirect benefits, such as making the UK a more attractive place to locate regional headquarters for companies that are expanding into Europe.
BBC: Terminal 5: Welcome arrival or major infringement?
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Most other major hub cities, such as New York, split traffic between two or more major airports.
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