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Czech Republic Bans Alcohol Sales After Bootleg Liquor Kills 19

PRAGUE – The Czechs have a strong taste for alcohol. They are the world’s foremost beer drinkers, and rank second for drinking hard liquor, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This love of alcohol has taken a tragic turn with the appearance on the Czech market of large quantity of adulterated vodka and rum. […]

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Salud! Tequila Aims Upmarket, But Hangover Of Lax Standards Linger

MEXICO CITY – Alfredo, an Argentine in his 30s who lives in Madrid, swears he will never drink tequila again. His Mexican friends tell him that what he had was not the real tequila, their homeland’s national drink. Still, he insists, with the look of someone who has stared the devil straight in the eyes, […]

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