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Afghan opium production is on the rise, helping to fund the Taliban and other terror groups and having a devastating impact across the world, experts say. Inside the country, too, opium addiction is now becoming a problem, especially among the poorest. Duration: 02:31.THIS REPORT WAS ORIGINALLY FILED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2009.

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Israel has some 200,000 immigrant workers. But recently some have suggested that the children of these workers should not have the right to stay in Israel - even if they were born in the country. It's a move drawing criticism from human rights groups. Duration: 01:55

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Former French president Jacques Chirac is to be tried on allegations that he gave 21 political allies false contracts as ghost workers in Paris city hall. Duration: 01:20.

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A UN torture expert expelled from Zimbabwe says he fears the country's unity government could fall apart, as regional leaders tried to mediate an end to the latest crisis. Manfred Nowak was detained late Wednesday on his arrival in Harare, where he was set to begin an eight-day investigation into alleged human rights abuses and arrests of activists opposed to long-ruling President Robert Mugabe. Images and soundbites.

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A French court slapped prison terms and stiff fines on Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of late president Francois Mitterrand.

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A French hospital has suspended a Rwandan doctor after discovering Eugene Rwamucyo was on an Interpol wanted list in connection with Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Rwamucyo speaks to AFPTV about the suspension and Interpol's request to interview him.

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A Moroccan court on Monday sentenced the editor of the daily Al Jarida Al Oula, Ali Anouzla, to one year's suspended jail term for having published "falsehoods" about the health of King Mohammed VI. The trial has reignited the debate about freedom of the press in Morocco.

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Radovan Karadzic boycotted the start of his UN genocide trial on Monday and the judge accused the Bosnian-Serb wartime leader of obstructing the event. Neither Karadzic nor any of his legal advisors were present at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) when judge O-Gon Kwon started the hearing which lasted less than 15 minutes. Duration: 01:10

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The Paris trial of former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin and four others accused of plotting to derail Nicolas Sarkozy's bid for the presidency ended on Friday. Judges said they would hand down their verdict on January 28 in the politically explosive case, in which Villepin claims to be the victim of a personal vendetta by the French president. The 55-year-old diplomat is charged with conspiring in 2004 to discredit Sarkozy with falsified documents, while the pair were jostling to succeed presi

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A UN report warns Afghan opium production is on the rise to fund the Taliban and other terror groups, having a devastating impact across the world. In Afghanistan, opium addiction is becoming a real problem, especially among the poorest, and countless families are being torn apart. Duration: 02:31

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France and Britain are pressing ahead with controversial plans to repatriate Afghans captured in a recent crackdown on illegal migrants. But even as a chartered plane brings almost 30 asylum seekers back to the war-torn country, countless more Afghans are preparing to make the dangerous journey to Europe, driven by economic desperation and violence at home. Duration: 02:21

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French conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus is used to playing to classical music fans all over the world. But once a year, he and musicians from the National Orchestra of Lille play to a different kind of audience -- prison inmates. Duration: 01:27.