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Ways to prevent online illicit drug trade discussed at OSCE meeting in Vienna

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Internet is widely used for the spread of illicit drugs.

UN panel pays out over $1 billion in reparations for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

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The Al Maqwa oil fields set ablaze by the occupation forces of Iraq in 1991.

High-level Security Council debate focuses on peace efforts for Africa’s Great Lakes region

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses the Security Council. At right is United States Secretary...

Pakistani Taliban Attack Raises New Fears

Taliban militants in Pakistan have claimed responsibility for unprecedented suicide gun-and-bomb attack on a regional headquarters facility of the country’s main spy agency.