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NEW YORK - A UN survey says that Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium, is now also the global leader when it comes to the production of hashish.
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1 April 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the military and political leadership of Guinea-Bissau to resolve their differences peacefully and to maintain constitutional order and the rule of law, after military…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan SG: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to have a brief press stakeout and I am very pleased to visit Central Asia, starting from Turkmenistan. I am very impressed by what…
1 April 2010 - The traditional annual “Narinj Gul” or Orange Blossom Festival has been marked in Jalalabad today. More than ten thousand people joined the event which has celebrated Afghan poetry and writing for more than 60…
KABUL - Today UNODC releases its first-ever Afghanistan Cannabis Survey showing that the world’s biggest producer of opium is also a major producer of cannabis. Full report Way down from the earlier figure of 70,000 hectares…
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31 March 2010 - Yesterday marked the conclusion of a two-day forum on Early Recovery in El Fasher, North Darfur, which brought together around 40 representatives of various stakeholders, including UNAMID and humanitarian aid…
Dili, 01 April 2010 - While it has been operational as a virtual media center for more than three years, Dili now officially boasts a Regional Media House that will address the needs of journalists from the districts of Dili…
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01 April 2010 - The newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Sudan, Mr. Akinori Wada, today visited UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, as part of a two-day tour of the region. He met with the Mission’s Deputy Joint…