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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Out-of-date censuses, inconsistent methodologies and the political manipulation of official statistics mean estimating and predicting city populations is fraught with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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Kofi Annan, left, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, arrives at the Great Hall of the People for talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, unseen, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Peace FM Online
If Leaders Fail, People Will Lead - Kofi Annan
When leaders fail to lead, people take charge and leaders then have to follow, says Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General and Nobel laureate. In an exclusive interview... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Kofi Annan   Photos   The Elders   Wikipedia: The Elders (organization)   World Leaders
A tunisian woman wrapped in her national flag makes her way through tombs while attending the funeral of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid at el Jallez cemetery near Tunis, Friday Feb. 8, 2013. Independent online (SA)
Tunisia marks anniversary of Belaid murder
Tunis - Tunisians on Thursday marked 12 turbulent months since the assassination of opposition politician Chokri Belaid, with his family still demanding to know what... (photo: AP / Amine Landoulsi)
Chokri Belaid   Murder of Chokri Belaid   Photos   Tunisia Protests   Wikipedia: Chokri Belaid
French forces push looters out, in the Miskin district in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. Mail Guardian South Africa
CAR still ruled by violence
The interim president of Central African Republic told the hundreds of soldiers standing in formation Wednesday that she was proud of them and called on their support to... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   Seleka   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration
Bodies lay in the streets of Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday Dec. 6 2013, a day after gun battles between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias left over 100 dead and scores wounded. Voa News
US Urges End to Sectarian Attacks in CAR
The United States is urging people in the Central African Republic to take advantage of international support and their new transitional government to break a cycle of... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Central African Republic Conflict   Photos   Sectarian violence in Central African Republic   Seleka Rebels   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)
The reactor core of the KKG with the characteristic Čerenkov radiation. The KKG possess a pressurized water reactor delivered by the German Kraftwerk Union AG, a then subsidiary of Siemens AG and now part of Areva NP. Reuters
Special Report: Areva and Niger's uranium fight
ARLIT, Niger/PARIS (Reuters) - When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners' huts stranded... (photo: Creative Commons / Celuca)
Areva   Niger Uranium   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Areva
Reporters film the courtroom before the start of the trial of Pascal Simbikangwa, a 54-year-old former Hutu intelligence chief, who faces charges of complicity in genocide and complicity in war crimes, at Paris law court, Tuesday Feb. 4, 2014. Mail Guardian South Africa
Landmark Rwanda genocide trial begins in France
The first trial in France over Rwanda's genocide opened on Tuesday in a Paris court, two decades after a killing spree that left at least a half-million people dead.... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
Human Rights   Photos   Rwandan Genocide   War Crime   Wikipedia: Rwandan Genocide
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Staff open the doors of the morgue at the teaching hospital to add another body to the 24 already there, 20 of whom were killed from violence according to the staff, in Malakal, Upper Nile State, in South Sudan Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. South Sudan ravaged by ethnic violence Al Jazeera
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi expelled speak on TV before the military coup in Egypt. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Morsi’s Soundproof Glass Booth Trial The Daily Beast
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee along with distinguish guest, Prime Minister of Japan, attending a reception on the occasion of 65th Republic Day Celebration at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday 26 January 2014 President to open Asia-Africa Agri-Business Forum Tuesday Newstrack India
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012. South Sudan conflict: 3.7m in 'need of food', says UN BBC News
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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. On constitutions, Sharia and Muslim political thought Al Jazeera
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. Egypt charges 20 Al-Jazeera journalists with belonging to Muslim Brotherhood The Guardian
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. Egypt silences ex-leader with soundproof box for court appearance The News & Observer
Egyptian riot police officers secure a square to prevent any anti-government activists to gather, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Egypt's military OKs El-Sisi for presidential run CNN
Global Terrorism
In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels listen to their trainer on how to use a rocket propelled grenade in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria. Al-Qaida Says It Has No Ties With One Syrian Rebel Force National Public Radio
No peace in Afghanistan without tribal participation No peace in Afghanistan without tribal participation Al Jazeera
In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man, top left, tried to extinguish a fire with a bucket of water at shops following a Syrian government forces warplane attack, at al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. 90 killed in punishing air raids in Syria's Aleppo CNN
In this Friday, April 6, 2012 file photo, a supporter of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawwa stands on a representation of a U. S. flag before set it on fire during a protest rally in Karachi, Pakistan. The U.S. and Pakistan are starting to look more like enemies than friends, threatening the U.S. fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants based in the country and efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan before American troops withdraw. A new definition for al-Qaeda The Washington Post
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