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UNODC RCEAP in the News

• 14/05/2012 - Drug Surge Clouds Myanmar Reform Effort (International Herald Tribune)
• 03/05/2012 - Six raids net huge drug haul (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 01/05/2012 - UNSG and wife visit poppy-substitute crop cultivation project in Hopon Tsp, Shan State (The New Light of Myanmar)
• 01/05/2012 - Myanmar's Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes (Businessweek)
• 01/05/2012 - Myanmar's Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes (Bloomberg)
• 25/04/2012 - UN, cops join to fight sex abuse of children (Bangkok Post)
• 20/02/2012 - Special Report: Myanmar declares war on opium (Reuters)
• 19/01/2012 - Burmese [Myanmar] Political Reforms Raise Hope for Curbing Opium Production (Voice of America)
• 15/12/2011 - UN says opium production in Myanmar rises for fifth consecutive year in 2011 (Washington Post)
• 15/12/2011 - Burmese [Myanmar] opium production on the rise (Financial Times)
• 15/12/2011 - Opium cultivation rises in Burma [Myanmar] and Laos, UN says (BBC News)
• 03/12/2011 - Laos casino under suspicion over drugs trade (Al Jazeera)
• 01/12/2011 - Asia's changing drug trade presents new challenges (Radio Australia)
• 30/11/2011 - Amphetamine use soars in Southeast Asia (Radio Australia)
• 30/11/2011 - Crystal meth labs thrive in RI (Jakarta Post)
• 30/11/2011 - Gangs from Africa, Iran muscle in on South East Asia drugs -U.N. (REUTERS)
• 12/11/2011 - China Steps in to Patrol the Lawless Mekong (IPS News)
• 02/11/2011 - LAOS: Poor farmers need alternatives to opium (IRIN News)
• 21/10/2011 - Southeast Asia's failing war on drugs (Asia Times)
• 18/10/2011 - THAILAND: New drug crackdown raises concerns (IRIN News)

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