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Exclusive: ‘Shock and awe’ has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says
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Exclusive: ‘Shock and awe’ has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says

MANILA (Reuters) — Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the blood-soaked war on drugs in the Philippines –…
Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalizing cannabis
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Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalizing cannabis

  Britain said on Tuesday it had no intention of legalizing cannabis after a former leader of Prime Minister Theresa…
Donald Trump proposes death penalty for some drug dealers to battle opioid epidemic
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Donald Trump proposes death penalty for some drug dealers to battle opioid epidemic

The US president wants to execute drug dealers as part of his plan to combat addiction. Trump will also ask…
Philippine police return to war on drugs, cannot promise no bloodshed
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Philippine police return to war on drugs, cannot promise no bloodshed

Police in the Philippines on Monday resumed President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, making visits to the homes of users…
US to reopen probe into Hezbollah ‘narcoterrorism’
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US to reopen probe into Hezbollah ‘narcoterrorism’

The US Justice Department announced on Thursday plans to create a special task force to crack down on what it…
Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state
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Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state

Violent clashes involving gunmen, a community police force and state police killed 11 people in the troubled southern state of…
Mexico’s murder rate rises to 20,000 in ten months; worst in 20 years
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Mexico’s murder rate rises to 20,000 in ten months; worst in 20 years

A human rights ombudsman, a media executive and two men in a bitter union dispute are just the latest victims…
32 killed in bloody night for Duterte’s war on drugs
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32 killed in bloody night for Duterte’s war on drugs

Thirty-two suspected drug dealers were killed in shootouts across one province in the Philippines on Tuesday, police said, in a…
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