Mon. March 22, 2010
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truthout
March 21, 2010
... the opium crop for the world's leading narco-state. Not surprisingly, then, capability assessments of the Afghan police have been less than encouraging. ...
The Majlis (blog)
March 21, 2010
Afghanistan produces around 90 percent of the world's opium, and the
Taliban may have earned as much as $600 million from
taxing poppy farmers and opium ...
Hindustan Times
March 20, 2010
PTI James Bond is reportedly planning to take on the poppy fields of
Afghanistan in his next assignment. If reports are to be believed at least some parts ...
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2010
He carried out his clandestine mission on behalf of the
London-based East
India Co., which prospered by
shipping opium to
China in return for tea. ...
Business Standard
March 19, 2010
In my last column, I had argued that one of the ways to defeat the
Taliban in Afghanistan was to buy up the opium crop with the current aid
money and ...
The Hindu
March 19, 2010
Photo: Special Arrangement James Bond is reportedly planning to take on the poppy fields of
Afghanistan in his next assignment. The 23rd Bond film will be ...
Foreign Policy
March 19, 2010
Another sign of hope is the declining state of the local poppy industry. Poppy cultivation took a giant dip last year, and the government is confidently ...
The Westender
March 18, 2010
According to an estimate, 93 percent of total world opium production is in
Afghanistan. Around 1500 square mile is under poppy cultivation. ...
RIA Novosti
March 18, 2010
Afghan drug production increased dramatically after
the US-led invasion that toppled the
Taliban in 2001, and
Russia has been one of the most affected ...
BusinessWeek
March 18, 2010
The operation by 15000
US Marines and Afghan and British troops aims to wipe out a
Taliban stronghold whose opium crop has helped fund the guerrillas. ...
ABC7Chicago.com
March 18, 2010
The
shooter was found to have copious amounts of wet opium on him shortly after the shooting." Birchfield was described in one of the e-mails from ...
National Journal (blog)
March 17, 2010
You do have to always, always put with eradication alternative development... you want to constantly be in the business of replacing the criminal crop with ...
TopNews United States
March 17, 2010
The decoding of opium poppy by Canadian researchers has lead to comparatively less costly mass production of the present pain
killers which are sold at high ...
Registan.net (blog)
March 17, 2010
... US-backed leaders and for the
American military as they try to transform this sweltering river valley, whose biggest cash crop is opium poppy, ...
MiamiHerald.com
March 17, 2010
Marjah, Afghanistan -- US Marine Sgt. Brad Vandehei stood on the edge of the small opium poppy field that serves as a central helicopter ...
Asian Tribune
March 17, 2010
Poppy growing and arms smuggling became sources of income. Amidst infighting,
Taliban emerged as a new force in 1994 and within a span of two years they ...
Oneindia
March 17, 2010
Imphal, Mar 17 (ANI): Unscrupulous elements are exploiting conditions to cultivate and reap rich profits from illicit opium poppy seeds in remote border ...
KGO-TV
March 17, 2010
... Roots for
peace Director Sultan Hamid says. "I see a day when all the major production areas in
Afghanistan have very minimal poppy crops there," Gary says.
NPR
March 17, 2010
An illegal crop of poppies stands out from a newly harvested crop of wheat in
Afghanistan. The opium trade is a key source of ...
Eurasia Review
March 16, 2010
We have heard similar words for many years now, and yet Opium production in Afghanistan has not declined by a single poppy. Now we are pinning our hopes on ...
Science News
March 15, 2010
In theory, such viruses might be used to eradicate opium poppy crops in places such as
Afghanistan. But narcotic control experts question the wisdom of such ...
Voice of America
March 15, 2010
Ninety percent of the world's opium poppies are still grown in
Afghanistan but production has declined by 36 percent. A man works in a poppy field in ...
Fars News Agency
March 15, 2010
While
Afghanistan produced only 185 tons of opium per year under the
Taliban, according to UN statistics, since
the US-led invasion, drug production has ...
Irish Independent
March 15, 2010
scientists have identified the genes of the opium poppy responsible for the production of the painkillers codeine and morphine, which could lead to new ways ...
Times of India
March 15, 2010
Canadian researchers have decoded opium poppy which will lead to cheaper and mass production of the current costly pain
killers. Currently, the morphine is ...
RIA Novosti
March 14, 2010
Afghan opium production increased dramatically after
the US-led invasion that toppled the
Taliban in 2001, and
Russia has been one of the most affected ...
New Europe
March 14, 2010
As the supplier of 92% of the world's heroine,
Afghanistan's
economic system has become famous for its focus on farming poppy seeds. ...
Modern Ghana
March 14, 2010
According to an estimate, 93 percent of total world opium production is in
Afghanistan. Around 1500 square mile is under poppy cultivation. ...
Toronto Star
March 14, 2010
Afghanistan is the source of 90 per cent of the world's opium, though last year the UN reported negligible amounts of poppy production in the eastern ...
Science News
March 14, 2010
In theory, such viruses might be used to eradicate opium poppy crops in places such as
Afghanistan. But narcotic control experts question the wisdom of such ...
al.com (blog)
March 13, 2010
"It's a mess," the Mobile Republican said after noting that the impoverished nation has only one paved highway and that its leading cash crop is opium. ...
Veterans Today Network
March 13, 2010
At the outset, America's approach in
Afghanistan was flawed. Our dependence on the
Northern Alliance, a group of warlords wishing to restore drug production ...
Oneindia
March 13, 2010
Vienna (
Austria), Mar 12(ANI):
India has expressed concern that more than 90 percent of the world's opium production is taking place in its neighbourhood. ...
KPBS
March 13, 2010
It's the center of the opium poppy crop. PENNER: So you say that winning them over is going to be rough? PENNER: Are we going to do it through building ...
Pravda
March 12, 2010
Quite on the contrary, the plantations and the production volume of opium poppy in
Afghanistan have doubled. Viktor Ivanov, the leader of the Russian ...
Press TV
March 12, 2010
Sify
March 12, 2010
India has expressed concern that more than 90 percent of the world's opium production is taking place in its neighbourhood. Taking part in the 53rd session ...
Huffington Post (blog)
March 12, 2010
"When
US Marines raided the notorious Lachoya opium bazaar in the southwestern Afghan region of
Marjah at the start of their massive military offensive ...
Demotix
March 12, 2010
During their time in power, the
Taliban imposed a ban on the poppy crop, backed by ruthless measures. Yet within a matter of months they reversed the ...
BBC News
March 12, 2010
However, the
peace lasted just 142 days and, under
Taliban control, the drug warlords flourished as poppy production increased. ...
