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Hi-tech scanner turns up vodka instead of terror weapons

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A hi-tech scanner deployed by Singapore to screen cargo containers for dangerous weapons that could be used by terrorists has turned up an unusual discovery: Russian vodka disguised as fruit juice.

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Custom officials found 23,520 bottles of Starorusskaya Vodka worth 700,000 Singapore dollars (406,976 US) on Wednesday in a container after their suspicions were aroused.

The scanner's image of the cargo "was atypical of fruit drinks," the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on its website.

"Officers then decided to conduct a thorough check of the container. Upon physical check, the contents were confirmed to be vodka," it added.

The cargo came from the Middle East and was likely to have been meant for sale to the local pubs and clubs here.

Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US and the Bali bombings last year, Singapore has been on a heightened state of alert, beefing up its defences against potential threats to foreign missions, government buildings and other facilities.

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Hillary Memoir Says Work, Faith Saved Her [Har, har, har]

"Honest to God, she didn't know," Caputo said. "The president unfortunately misled everybody, including his wife and daughter."

There were many other persistent, if less sensational, burdens. She says she got through them with hard work, religious faith [channeling Eleanor], trusted friends and travel. Ireland was her favorite foreign destination.

She recounts the six "brutal" months after Inauguration Day in 1993: Her father died. White House aide and friend Vincent Foster killed himself. Her mother-in-law was dying. Critics were making hay with the missteps of a new administration.

"I did what I often do when faced with adversity," she says. "I threw myself into a schedule so hectic that there was no time for brooding."

Asked Wednesday about her book's account of the Lewinsky episode, the senator said, "I hope people will read the book. This book is about many things."

Ya got that right...primarily, of the stinking variety.