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The Turkish President Abdullah Gul has denied that there's any crisis in the country following the resignation of its four most senior commanders on Friday. He said one had considered resigning for a while and the other generals retired on the basis of age. There were reports that they'd stood down in protest at the trial of military officers.

A United Nations report says there's increased

instability

and substance abuse in East Africa as a result of drug trafficking. It says the region is now a major transit route. With the details, here's Nkem Ifejika.

The United Nations says it's concerned that East Africa be in use as a drugs trafficking route because the region doesn't have the resources to fight trafficking or addiction. As detection and

enforcement

have improved in West Africa, gangs there have changed tactics and are now going via the east to transport drugs, such as heroin, from Afghanistan to Europe. The UN report says this is most likely because of corruption, poverty and limited law enforcement capacity in the region.

Judicial authorities in China have apologised for a warning that was given to lawyers about representing victims of last Saturday's train crash. Law firms were told that the case was highly sensitive and they must report immediately if contacted by injured passengers or families of the 40 known to have died. The judicial authorities in the eastern city of Wenzhou issued their apology after the statement was revealed on Internet chat sites.