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The Haitian National Police (HNP) with the support of Police serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) analyse drugs at the DCPJ on August 2, 2012. The HNP with the assistance of MINUSTAH and the US Embassy, destroyed 2.27 tons of illegal drugs; 1.606 kg of marijuana and 453 kg of cocaine in Ganthier near Port au Prince on August 3, 2012. After being analysed and inventoried, the drugs were transfered from the DCPJ  in an armed convoy to Ganthier in where they were set alight and destroyed. Photo Victoria Hazou UN/MINUSTAH
Africa   Drugs   Wikipedia: Illegal drug trade   Photos   Trade
 PhysOrg 
Illegal medications seized in 16 African countries
The operation, called Vice Grips 2, was carried out by customs inspectors in 16 ports from July 11 to 20, it said. "It is the biggest operation of its kind," Christophe Zimmermann, in charge of... (photo: UN / Victoria Hazou)
Pictured is a landmine or unexploded ordinance warning sign during the mine clearance activities carried out by the Armor Group and coordinated by the United Nations Mine Action Office (UNAMO) in consultation with the Government of Southern Sudan, other national and international actors.
Defence   Human Rights   Photos   Weapons   Wikipedia: Land mine
 The Independent 
IoS Investigation: The shocking truth about landmines
The landmine belongs to another era – or so many of us like to believe. We think of it as an evil all but consigned to history by the entreaties of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a Nobel prize-winning... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
Africa's mineral wealth hardly denting poverty levels, says World Bank  The Guardian 
Africa's mineral wealth hardly denting poverty levels, says World Bank
Report finds discovery of oil and mineral resources doing little to improve prospects for poor people, whose lot may even worsen A miner holds wolfram in Ngungu, 60km west of Goma in the Democratic... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Africa   Mineral   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: African Union
Cities rises in a vast  The Guardian 
Rise of the megacities – get the data
Out-of-date censuses, inconsistent methodologies and the political manipulation of official statistics mean estimating and predicting city populations is fraught with difficulty • Get the data • More... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
America   China   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Megacity
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Kashmiri Muslim offer prayers  during Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the prophet, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar Tuesday on January 14, 2014. Al Jazeera
On constitutions, Sharia and Muslim political thought
In the Arab Spring's aftermath, and the catastrophic divisions and violence in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia - not to forget ongoing debates in almost every Muslim majority... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Arab Spring   Human Rights   Photos   Sharia Law   Wikipedia: Arab Spring
vitamin D - Medicine Independent online (SA)
No benefits from vitamin D pills - study
Paris - Vitamin D supplements have no significant effect on preventing heart attack, stroke, cancer or bone fractures, according to a review of scientific evidence.... (photo: GFDL / Ragesoss)
Cancer   Health   Photos   Stroke   Wikipedia: Vitamin D
FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, Dozens of Egyptian photojournalists take part in a demonstration to condemn violence against them and to defend their right to cover the news, in front of the Shura Council in Cairo, Egypt. The Guardian
Egypt charges 20 Al-Jazeera journalists with belonging to Muslim Brotherhood
Journalists charged with fabricating news reports and tarnishing Egypt's reputation include ex-BBC correspondent Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy Fire at al-Jazeera studio... (photo: AP / Khaled Dessouki, Pool)
Egypt   Foreign Journalists   Muslim Brotherhood   Photos   Wikipedia: Human rights in Egypt under the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Muslim protesters display posters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi during a rally in support of the toppled leader, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 26, 2013. The News & Observer
Egypt silences ex-leader with soundproof box for court appearance
CAIRO — Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi appeared in a Cairo courtroom Tuesday to face charges that he escaped prison in 2011. But the man who’d been... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
Court   Egypt   Muslim Brotherhood   Wikipedia: Mohamed Morsi   Photos
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) briefs the media during a joint press conference with Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria at the end of the High-level Segment of the Geneva II Conference on Syria, 22 January, 2014. The Washington Post
For UN’s patient Brahimi, no war is irresolvable
GENEVA — Lakhdar Brahimi has seen faces like these before, barely able to remain in the same room, much less speak to each other. Lebanese, Afghans, Iraqis, now... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Human Rights   Peace   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War
Egyptian riot police officers secure a square to prevent any anti-government activists to gather, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. CNN
Egypt's military OKs El-Sisi for presidential run
updated 10:42 AM EST, Mon January 27, 2014 (CNN) -- Egypt's military leadership council on Monday gave newly promoted Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi -- the army chief... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
2014 Egypt Elections   Abdel Fattah al-Sisi   Egypt Crisis   Photos   Wikipedia : Abdel Fattah el-Sisi   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2014
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