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ANC Women's League is dismayed; Canada hit by Islamist violence; a heart wrenching letter from Liberia

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Exports of opium from Afghanistan are at their highest level despite anti-drugs efforts, according to a leaked US report. Show more

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Zone 9 Bloggers should be released says co-founder; language recognition tech preserving Maori; curbing trolls through smart algorithms; voice beacons as portals to the past. Show more

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Rock star Bryan Adams on the photographs he has taken of soldiers wounded in battle. Show more

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