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Heroin, schools and the heart of the Afghan insurgency (Guardian Unlimited)
The smuggler Hameedullah's family live in one big house on a dusty unpaved lane - Hameedullah, his five sons and their wives, children, grandchildren and two cousins. Hameedullah, a tall, thickset man, is a government employee. And like many people in Helmand, he is also a poppy farmer. Like any other farmer, he was concerned by water, and crop prices. "People plant poppy because it's ...

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Rich rewards in Helmand for poppy farmers, police and Taliban (Guardian Unlimited)
The frontline defence of Lashkar Gah is a two-room mud hut beside a bridge over the river that snakes around the town. Here the Afghan police commander squats on a barrier and describes the latest Taliban onslaught. "They attacked at night," he says. "We fought back and then helicopters came and fired at them." He moves his hand in a sweeping semi-circle and explains that the land all around ...

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New Year's Honours (ITV.com)
See strict 0001 GMT Wednesday December 31 embargo. KNIGHTS BACHELOR Professor Timothy Robert Peter Brighouse. For services to Education. (Oxford, Oxfordshire) Professor David Nicholas Cannadine.

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New Year Honours list (Daily Telegraph)
Professor Timothy Robert Peter Brighouse. For services to Education. (Oxford, Oxfordshire) Professor David Nicholas Cannadine. Formerly Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Professor, Institute of Historical Research, University of London. For services to Scholarship.

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At the cutting edge (The Borneo Post)
MIMOS — Malaysia’s centre for applied research on frontier technologies — has broken barriers in the global ICT arena with its cutting edge soil sensor — the agronomist’s and farmer’s tool.

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Two Vietnamese teams in the top ten of Asia ACM/ICPC qualifiers (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian qualifier round of the International Programming Contest for Students, ACM/ICPC 2008, at the Islamic Malaysia International University took place on December 15-16 in Malaysia . Two Vietnamese teams entered into the top ten.

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Griefers attack Muslim virtual world already awash in users (Ars Technica)
A Finnish company has launched the first virtual world targeting Western Muslims, who can hang out, chat, and pray. Ars talks with the CEO about Islamic lifestyle, Finnish universities, and griefers. Read More...

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The Six American University Presidents travel to Iran (Payvand Iran News)
As a patriotic American with proud Persian heritage, I have followed with much exhilaration the recent travel to Iran by the presidents of the six national American universities. -Davood N. Rahni

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VoIP Aided Terror Attack in India (PC World)
Mumbai terrorists' most powerful weapon: VoIP phones.

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HP, Temenos to Transform Operations for Bank of Shanghai (Centre Daily Times)
HP (NYSE: HPQ), Temenos and Bank of Shanghai, a joint-stock commercial bank, today announced the implementation of a core banking solution at Bank of Shanghai to streamline operations, reduce time to market for new products, and enhance the experiences of the bank’s customers.

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