The co-operative is part of a growing urban agricultural movement in London, where demand for allotments -- plots of land that individuals can rent to grow fruit and vegetables -- far outstrips supply.

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Salt is the tale of a CIA officer accused of being part of a sleeper cell operative spying for Russia (sound familiar?).

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Arrests of cocaine-traffickers were up a staggering 1, 000% that year, in part because of co-operative efforts between the Coast Guard and its national equivalent in 18 Caribbean countries.

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Today around 1, 200 local families are part of a successful co-operative called Oro Verde, or Green Gold, which grows organic and fair-trade coffee and cocoa.

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Pinaya formed part of a vast co-operative, appropriately called La Gigante.

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Ben Affleck's character, Tony Mendez (based on a real CIA operative), heads to the hotel to mingle with Hollywood's elite as part of a farfetched rescue scheme for American hostages.

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High Season For Washington Political Theater: House and Senate Republicans promptly scheduled hearings on Capitol Hill, with suspicions fueled by revelations that security office head Craig Livingstone was not a security professional, but a political operative, a one-time advance guy, a former bouncer who had spent a large part of his 37 years working on political campaigns.

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