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Syrians protest after video of attack on Alawite shrine
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.
Myanmar torches drugs worth $670m
Published on 26/06/2021
» Myanmar authorities torched $670 million worth of narcotics across the country on Saturday, sending opium, heroin and methamphetamine up in smoke as experts warn smugglers have adapted to Covid-19 travel restrictions and are back in business.
Cocaine production hit new record in 2017: UN report
AFP, Published on 26/06/2019
» VIENNA - Global cocaine production reached an all-time high in 2017, breaking the previous year's record by 25 percent, the UN drugs and crime agency said Wednesday in its annual report, as production soars in post-conflict Colombia.
US life expectancy drops again as overdoses climb
AFP, Published on 29/11/2018
» TAMPA - Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb -- taking more than 70,000 lives in 2017, a record high -- and suicides rose, a US government report said Thursday.
US life expectancy drops again as overdoses climb
AFP, Published on 29/11/2018
» TAMPA - Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb -- taking more than 70,000 lives in 2017 -- and suicides rose, a US government report said Thursday.
Global opium and cocaine production at record highs: UN
AFP, Published on 26/06/2018
» VIENNA - Global production of cocaine and opium, stemming largely from Colombia and Afghanistan respectively, has hit record levels, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Tuesday in its annual report.