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But convictions and seizures do not appear to have made a major impact on Scotland's death toll from drugs, which remains the worst in Europe.

“This is one of the worst conflicts we've seen in recent memory, in terms of the violence that's been committed, and people fleeing,” he emphasises.

“Darfur has seen the worst of the worst,” is how Fletcher, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, described its calamity.

But even with these proposed changes, campaigners say the UK's parental leave system is one of the worst in Europe.

There will be the usual holiday rebound traffic but the worst is over, travel experts said, as Thanksgiving Day’s long-distance commuters began their journeys home this weekend.