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important topics for May 23, 2013
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World Crises
- Bath Salts
- Bath Salts are legal designer drugs sold as "bath salts" where users snort the bath salts for a high similar to amphetamines. The chemicals in bath salts have been around for almost a century but in the last decade bath salts have emerged in mainstream America as a legal way to get "high." The drug... << read more >>
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Organizations
- World Health Organization
- It was established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Since then, it's played a major role in the eradication of smallpox, yaws, onchocerciasis, SARS and many other infectious diseases.
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Individuals
- Mustafa Abdul Jalil
- From 2007 to 2011, Abdul Jalil was Minister of Justice (officially, the Secretary of the General People's Committee of Justice) under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. He has been noted in some news media for his stance against various human rights violations in Libya, although others express a different... << read more >>