Afghanistan responsible for more than 90 per cent of the world’s heroin.
United Nations’ early assessment of the 2013 crop found farmers were planning to plant more poppy than last year, marking the third annual rise in the drug’s cultivation. UN officials predict the increase will push this year’s crop close to 2007’s record level and again see Afghanistan responsible for more than 90 per cent of…
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Julian Assange Framed by Police and Politics
Officer and Miss A met through political party and corresponded over internet months before WikiLeaks chief was accused The police investigator who first interviewed two Swedish women about allegations of rape and sexual assault against Julian Assange is a friend and political associate of one of the women, a Swedish newspaper has claimed. The female…
Top Secret Transfer: Nuclear Weapons
The U.S. officials declined to elaborate on the threat, citing classified intelligence.