To win over Afghans, US must listen Al Jazeera | Recent announcements on the war in Afghanistan - from US defence secretary Robert Gates' call for Taliban disarmament and reintegration, to the US state department's pledge to increase political, diplomatic and economic engagement, to the recent London conference of international leaders - bode we...
China's global hunt for food security Canada Dot Com | President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan has an unmatched survival instinct. | This, after all, is a man who came to power in the dying days of the Soviet Union as Communist party general-secretary of the Central Asian republic, and then rode the transition to democracy by getting elect...
Outsourced QinetiQ staff operate drones in Afghanistan The Times | Civilian contractors are being sent to Afghanistan to operate military pilotless aircraft, a development that is likely to fuel a widening debate about the use of outscourcing in front-line operations. | QinetiQ, the privatised British defence tech...
Battle to electrify Kandahar shows Afghan dilemma The News & Observer | KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- About 90 factories sit vacant in the economic capital of southern Afghanistan. They could fight militants in a way no army could, employing thousands of people and giving them a reason to shun the Taliban. | A lack of relia...
Battle to electrify Kandahar shows Afghan dilemma The Wichita Eagle KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - About 90 factories sit vacant in the economic capital of southern Afghanistan. They could fight militants in a way no army could, employing thousands of people and giving them a reason to shun the Taliban. | A lack of reliable...
Bin Laden calls for US boycott over climate change Irish Times | AL-QAEDA leader Osama bin Laden yesterday blamed the US and western industrial nations for climate change and called for a boycott of the dollar and US products to halt "the whee...
Bin Laden blasts US on climate change, economy Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Saturday, January 30, 2010 | - Powered by | Ali Khalil | Agence France Presse | | DUBAI: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lecture...
Bin Laden Rebukes U.S. on Climate Change The New York Times | Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, blamed the United States and developed countries for not halting climate change and said that the global economy should immediately aband...
Battle To Electrify Kandahar Shows Afghan Dilemma CBS News Struggle For Electricity In Kandahar Shows Difficulty Of Development Amid War In Afghanistan | Font size Print E-mail Share | (AP) | (AP) | (AP) | (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - About 90 factories sit vacant in the e...
Battle to electrify Kandahar shows Afghan dilemma Denver Post | KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—About 90 factories sit vacant in the economic capital of southern Afghanistan. They could fight militants in a way no army could, employing thousands of people and giving them a reason to shun the Taliban. | A lack of re...
Battle to electrify Kandahar shows Afghan dilemma Houston Chronicle | KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - About 90 factories sit vacant in the economic capital of southern Afghanistan. They could fight militants in a way no army could, employing thousands of people and giving them a reason to shun the Taliban. | A lack of reliab...
Gold price lifts Harmony's Q2 earnings, output down Business Report | * Q2 headline EPS at 49 cents vs 12 cents loss in Q1 | Submit your comment | Harmony Gold Mining second quarter earnings were lifted by a rise in the price of gold and declining costs despite a drop in production, the South Africa-based company said on Monday. | Harmony posted headline earnings per share of 49 South African cents in the qu...
ANALYSIS - Revolution day will put Iran's disunity on show The Star | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling over the legacy and even the legitimacy of an Islamic revolution that triumphed 31 years ago this week. No compromise is in sight. A member of the Iranian community living in Berlin, waves a Iranian flag during a demonstration in Berlin in this July 21, 2009 file photo. (REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/Files) | O...
