BEIJING (AFP) – Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday wore a poppy in his lapel to honour British war dead, despite China's request he remove it because officials said it reminded them of the Opium Wars.
Cameron and members of his delegation have all worn poppies...
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Various survey results pointing to at least 17 per cent rise in opium production in Afghanistan this year have sent the securities agencies in the state in a tizzy. Security agencies here feel that Afghanistan's huge opium production and its geographic proximity puts Punjab in a danger zone. The...
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