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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Out-of-date censuses, inconsistent methodologies and the political manipulation of official statistics mean estimating and predicting city populations is fraught with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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File - Rami Barbakh, a released Palestinian prisoner, is reunited with his family upon arriving at his home in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 31, 2013. WPXI
Israel says it won't release Palestinian prisoners
Israel will not free an expected fourth batch of Palestinian prisoners because of the Palestinians' push for recognition at the United Nations, Israel's chief negotiator... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Human Rights   Israeli Palestinian Conflict   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian prisoners in Israel
-Film actor Rituparna Sengupta, cricketer Yuvraj Singh , Film actors Jit Manisha Koirala during a program organized by NGO Pratigya to spread awareness about prevention and cure of Cancer on October 1, 2013 The Times of India
Yuvraj Singh fit for World T20 semifinal against South Africa
DHAKA: India received a boost ahead of Friday's World Twenty20 semifinal against South Africa when Yuvraj Singh was declared fit following an ankle injury, an official... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Cricket   Photos   Sport Star   Sports   Wikipedia: Yuvraj Singh
File: A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands guard at a barricade near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. The Guardian
Bombs at Cairo university hit riot police, 2 dead
HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) — Two bombs exploded Wednesday outside the Cairo University's engineering faculty, killing at least two people, a civilian... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Egyptian Protest   Muslim Brotherhood   Photos   Violence in Egypt   Wikipedia: 2012–13 Egyptian protests
A truck with men sitting on top of it, which is part of a convoy of over 100 vehicles of Muslims fleeing Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, turns around after MISCA troops, the African Union’s peacekeeping force currently being deployed in the Central African Republic, deemed the road out was not secure. Independent online (SA)
CAR strife tops summit agenda
Brussels - African and European leaders hold crisis talks on the escalating violence in Central African Republic on Wednesday as 80 nations gather in Brussels for a key... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)
A lion in West Midlands Safari Park BBC News
Modern lions' origin revealed by genetic analysis
The origin and history of modern lions have been revealed by scientists. A genetic analysis of living lions and museum specimens confirms modern lions' most recent... (photo: Creative Commons / user:Robek)
Big Cats   Genetics   Lions   Photos   Wikipedia: Lion
REPEATED FOR IMPROVED TONAL QUALITY- A medical worker from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers who are working on the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, works at their laboratory in Entebbe 42kms (29 miles) from the capital Kampala Thursday Aug. 2, 2012. Al Jazeera
MSF: Guinea Ebola outbreak 'unprecedented'
An aid organisation has described the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea as an "unprecedented epidemic" with a "worrisome" geographical spread. Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF)... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera)
2014 Ebola outbreak   Epidemic   Medecins Sans Frontiers   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 Guinea Ebola outbreak
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