According to a recent report by the UN, farmers in Afghanistan grew fewer opium poppy plants last year, while opium drug production also declined. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s “Afghan Opium Survey 2009” says opium poppy cultivation in...
Today’s headlines include the announcement that a US Navy destroyer is trailing a North Korean ship believed to be carrying nuclear material. The UN has asked us to stop and search such vessels. The North Korean dictator has said that such...