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Nuclear shift: North Korean nuke law reflects global trend
Nuclear shift: North Korean nuke law reflects global trend
by  AFP

North Korea's Kim Jong Un declaring he will never give up his nukes and enshrining a "first-strike" doctrine into law are part of a worrying new escalatory dynamic in nuclear weapons policy around the world, analysts say.

'Drink it anyway': Syria water woes peak in cholera outbreak
'Drink it anyway': Syria water woes peak in cholera outbreak
by  AFP

In a Syria hospital crowded with women and wailing children, Ahmad al-Mohammad writhed in pain beside his wife after they contracted cholera, which is resurging for the first time in years. "We have suffered from diarrhoea, vomiting and pain... because we drink directly from the Euphrates River," the 45-year-old told AFP from the hospital, barely able to speak.

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