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Press Articles: Opium cultivation up significantly in Myanmar and Lao PDR, UNODC warns

• AFP - Opium cultivation rises in Myanmar, Laos: UN (15 December 2011)
• AP - UN says Myanmar opium production increases again (15 December 2011)
• BBC News Asia - Opium cultivation rises in Burma and Laos, UN says (15 December 2011)
• Financial Times - Burmese opium production on the rise (15 December 2011)
• REUTERS - UPDATE 1-Opium growth increasing in Myanmar, Laos - UN (15 December 2011)
• Voice of America - UN: Burmese, Laotian Opium Cultivation Surging (15 December 2011)
• The Washington Post - UN says opium production in Myanmar rises for fifth consecutive year in 2011 (15 December 2011)

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