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Designer drugs on the rise as demand for traditional drugs levels off, UN reports on World Drug Day

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Please note that the products (pills and bathsalt) shown in the photos are simulated.

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Xinjiang's Deadliest Violence in Years Renews Focus on Ethnic Tensions

The deadliest unrest in China's western Xinjiang region in four years is drawing attention to long-running tensions between the area's ethnic Uighurs and its Han Chinese rulers.

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Vital resources needed as UN prepares to deploy mission in Mali, Security Council told

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Special Representative Bert Koenders (on screen) briefing the Security Council by video-link from the...

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Syria peace conference doubtful in July, says joint UN-Arab League envoy

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Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, Lakhdar...

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