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• Afghan opiate use has doubled in 5 years, UN says (AP)
• Cameroon: plane carrying Australian execs found (AP)
• Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast (AP)
• Is the Russian Army Bullying Its Soldiers to Death? (Time.com)
• Afghan envoy takes extended leave 'amid tensions' (AFP)
• Jailed rebel's followers seek to be in Peru vote (AP)
• Proteas battle to restrict Windies (AFP)
• S.Koreans cheer for N.Korea despite rising tensions (AFP)
• Canada says private forecasters up 2010 GDP estimate (Reuters)
• Australian tycoon's plane, 10 bodies found (AFP)
• Afghan parliamentary vote will test security conditions (McClatchy Newspapers)
• After Colombia election win, Juan Manuel Santos seeks to build on Uribe era (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Why Do Black African Racial Stereotypes Persist -- in India? (Time.com)
• Daring to Be Gay in Small Town USA (OneWorld.net)

Afghan opiate use has doubled in 5 years, UN says (AP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - Drug addicts as young as a month old. Mothers who calm their children by blowing opium smoke in their faces. Whole communities hooked on heroin with few opportunities for treatment.

Cameroon: plane carrying Australian execs found (AP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:34 AM PDT AP - Search teams on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane that disappeared over the weekend carrying 11 people, including top executives of an Australian mining company, a spokesman for Cameroon's government said. No survivors were found.

Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast (AP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 34 miners killed in last week's coal mine explosion.

Is the Russian Army Bullying Its Soldiers to Death? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - The death of a young Russian soldier -- and the army's insistence that it was a suicide -- sparks a wave of national soul-searching over the tradition of brutal hazing in Russia's military

Afghan envoy takes extended leave 'amid tensions' (AFP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:57 PM PDT AFP - The special envoy to Afghanistan has taken "extended leave," officials said Monday, amid reports that he clashed with NATO and US officials over strategy to tackle the Taliban insurgency.

Jailed rebel's followers seek to be in Peru vote (AP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - Followers of jailed Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman said Monday they want to participate in regional and municipal elections scheduled for October.

Proteas battle to restrict Windies (AFP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:35 PM PDT AFP - Morne Morkel continued to impress, as South Africa restricted West Indies to a three-run, first innings lead in the second Test on Monday.

S.Koreans cheer for N.Korea despite rising tensions (AFP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT AFP - Unfazed by Pyongyang's threat to turn their city into a "sea of flame", an estimated 1,000 South Koreans gathered at a Seoul temple Monday to cheer on the North Koreans in a crucial World Cup match.

Canada says private forecasters up 2010 GDP estimate (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:20 AM PDT Reuters - Private forecasters surveyed by Canada's finance department have revised up their 2010 forecasts for economic growth in Canada, saying the near-term outlook has "improved further" since a survey done in March, the government said on Monday.

Australian tycoon's plane, 10 bodies found (AFP) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:32 PM PDT AFP - Rescuers found on Monday the wreckage of a crashed plane carrying an Australian mining tycoon and other executives, with ten bodies found so far, Cameroonian and Congolese officials said.

Afghan parliamentary vote will test security conditions (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:38 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL — When voters in the Afghan capital elect a new parliament later this year, they'll face a bewildering choice of more than 700 candidates that threatens to turn the election into a lottery.

After Colombia election win, Juan Manuel Santos seeks to build on Uribe era (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:40 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In Colombia's presidential elections on Sunday, Juan Manuel Santos secured an overwhelming mandate to continue the strong security policies of his popular predecessor, Álvaro Uribe. “This is also your victory, President Uribe,” said Mr. Santos, calling him one of the "best presidents" in Colombia's history.

Why Do Black African Racial Stereotypes Persist -- in India? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - A slew of potrayals of Africans in Indian advertising has offended many Africans living in the country -- but has raised little outcry among the Indians themselves

Daring to Be Gay in Small Town USA (OneWorld.net) Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:32 AM PDT OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Jun 21 (IPS) - Washington, D.C. residents Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer weren't expecting to become filmmakers when they placed an announcement of their wedding in Wilson's hometown newspaper.

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