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Why Afghanistan's neighbours fear drugs influx
Why Afghanistan's neighbours fear drugs influx
By Ahmed Rashid Dushanbe 2 July 2015 From the section Asia The fear is that more drugs could be finding their way out of Afghanistan via Central Asia Could increased fighting in northern Afghanistan lead to an influx of...
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Saudi prince pledges to donate entire US$32billion fortune to charity
Saudi prince pledges to donate entire US$32billion fortune to charity
Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has promised to give his entire US$32 billion (HK$248 billion) fortune to charity in coming years, in one of the biggest ever such pledges. The pledge is “maybe... the first such...
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Great Barrier Reef: Australia says Unesco decision shows it is a 'world leader'
Great Barrier Reef: Australia says Unesco decision shows it is a 'world leader'
Environment minister Greg Hunt claims victory as world heritage committee decides not to list the reef as in danger based on recovery plans ...
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Egypt's Brotherhood urges revolt after members killed
Egypt's Brotherhood urges revolt after members killed
More to this story The many battles of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Egypt executes 'supporter' of Muslim Brotherhood Egypt jails Muslim Brotherhood leader The Muslim Brotherhood has warned of "serious repercussions" and...
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Indonesia military plane crash toll rises to 141
Indonesia military plane crash toll rises to 141
MEDAN, Indonesia: The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian air force plane, which had been packed with military personnel and their families, rose to 141 on Wednesday as rescuers used heavy machinery to search the...
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Islamic State threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza
Islamic State threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza
CAIRO: Islamic State insurgents threatened on Tuesday to turn the Gaza Strip into another of their Middle East fiefdoms, accusing Hamas, the organisation that rules the Palestinian territory, of being insufficiently...
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Can Hong Kong's July 1 pro-democracy march energize political reform bid?
Can Hong Kong's July 1 pro-democracy march energize political reform bid?
Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers are hoping heightened political tensions in the city will draw a large turnout for the annual July 1 march and jump-start the stalled electoral reform bid. July 1 marks...
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Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 106
Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 106
He was just a 29-year-old clerk at the London Stock Exchange when he faced the challenge of a lifetime. Traveling with a friend to Czechoslovakia in 1938, as...
South Korea reports new Mers case after four-day pause
South Korea reports new Mers case after four-day pause
2 July 2015 From the section Asia South Korea has not had a death from Mers for two days South Korea has reported a new case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...
Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading
Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading
ADEN (Reuters) - Shells fired by Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and...
French soldiers accused of sexual abuse of minors in Africa
French soldiers accused of sexual abuse of minors in Africa
PARIS (AP) - Two French soldiers serving in the African country of Burkina Faso are being suspended over accusations of sexual abuse of minors, authorities said...
Peacekeeping, Children in Armed Conflict Dominate June Agenda, as Security Council Wraps Up Month (UN - United Nations)
Peacekeeping, Children in Armed Conflict Dominate June Agenda, as Security Council Wraps Up Month (UN - United Nations)
(Source: UN - United Nations) Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and children in armed conflict had been the centrepieces of the Security Council's work over the past...
Jennifer Garner -- 'Fed Up' with Ben's Gambling, Drinking
Jennifer Garner -- 'Fed Up' with Ben's Gambling, Drinking
Jennifer Garner reached her breaking point with Ben Affleck's drinking and gambling, and that's why she called pulled the plug on their marriage ... sources...
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Forensic test pins down 'time of death'
Forensic test pins down 'time of death'
By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News, Prague 2 July 2015 From the section Science &...
This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word
This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word
Government inquiries are Britain’s bullfights. They are expensive, ritualised, interminable and the cause of lavish corporate expenditure. They all have the same ending: a man in a suit pirouetting over a pile of bleeding meat. ...
‘You don’t expect to run into a pea in guacamole’
‘You don’t expect to run into a pea in guacamole’
Add green peas to your guacamole. Trust us. http://t.co/7imMY9c2ph pic.twitter.com/oeOMt2qgmh — The...
Far from being a ‘Mugabe-style grab’, Scotland’s land reform is too timid
Far from being a ‘Mugabe-style grab’, Scotland’s land reform is too timid
‘Tartan Stalinists”, the “Highland Stasi”, “Scottish Nazi party”, the “new Zimbabwe”: surely the corporate press will soon run out of similes? Or at least drop dead through hyperventilation. ...
Univision PR Twitter account ‘applauds’ Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage
Univision PR Twitter account ‘applauds’ Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage
Ever since the Supreme Court last week issued its ruling that same-sex marriage is a...
The UN vs Eritrea
The UN vs Eritrea
I spent Monday, June 22 in Geneva, Switzerland protesting alongside over 5,000 fellow Eritreans in...
Revolution’s Matchstick
Revolution’s Matchstick
Rolling down the corporate-political assembly line is a trade deal so treasonous to the peoples of...
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