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Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter.
(photo: AP / Yoan Valat)
Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
The New York Times
| PARIS — | Two employees of the United States Embassy in Paris underwent medical examinations on Friday after handling a suspicious envelope that arrived at the embassy, but officials said its contents did not appear to be harmful. | “There is no indication that the envelope contained s...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens to a question during a joint press conference with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, June 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
(photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Pak seeks clarification on Karzai’s remarks
Zeenews
Islamabad: The Pakistan Foreign Office has reacted sharply to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s suggestion of a NATO operation inside Pakistan, saying that the comments were “incomprehensible”. | Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that Pakistan has asked its ambassador in Kabul to se...
New UK-Afghan Operation Against Taliban
Zeenews
Afghanistan: A new offensive involving hundreds of British and Afghan troops is taking place in southern Afghanistan to try to clear a Taliban stronghold. | Operation 'Tor Shezada' or 'Black Prince' is being led by the 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lanc...
US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
Zeenews
Kabul: In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for US losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky intern...
India, Pak & Afghanistan can help in stabilising the region: US
Zeenews
Washington: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan have an equally critical role in helping to bring stability in the region, US has said. "All three countries and others can play a role in helping to stabilise the situation," State Department spokesman PJ ...
No Afghan Ally Left Behind
The New York Times
| A TALIBAN spokesman announced Thursday that the group is poring over the tens of thousands of classified military documents published by WikiLeaks this week, looking for the names of pro-American Afghans. | As in the past, those identified will lik...
President Barack Obama speaks about financial reform at the Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York Thursday, April 22, 2010.
AP / Alex Brandon
Afghan war decision toughest of presidency: Obama
Zeenews
Washington: US President Barack Obama has said that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far. | The ne...
Exports of Wool products showed a negative trend.- India
WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Reduced demand mars growth of wool industry
Indian Express
| The wool industry seems to be going through rough weather with reduced demand for products. | The figures released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Stati...
Pakistani Baluch rebel tribesmen stand at their post holding rocket launchers and automatic weapons in Dera Bugti near Quetta, Pakistan in this Jan. 16, 2005 file photo.
AP / M. Farman
Burning issues in troubled Balochistan
Asia Times
|      Jul 22, 2010 Burning issues in troubled Balochistan | By Abubakar Siddique | While the world focuses on the end game in Afghanistan, multiple crises brew...
UN removes 5 Taliban from sanctions blacklist
The State
| UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Friday removed five Taliban members from its sanctions blacklist, a move sought by the Afghan government to promote reconciliation. | Still, it was just half the number Afghan President Hamid Karzai was...
UN removes 5 Taliban from sanctions blacklist
Seattle Times
UNITED NATIONS - | The U.N. Security Council on Friday removed five Taliban members from its sanctions blacklist, a move sought by the Afghan government to promote reconciliation. | Still, it was just half the number Afghan President Hamid Karzai was...
British troops launch anti-Taliban op in Helmand
Zeenews
Kabul: British and Afghan troops on Friday launched a military operation to secure a transport route in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, one of the most volatile theatres of the nine-year war. | The operation began in Sayedebad town in Nad...
Mining
British Airways
(photo: Creative Commons / contribs)
FTSE fades ahead of US GDP figures
The Guardian
| Leading shares in London are following Wall Street and Asian markets lower, ahead of US GDP figures due later today. | The FTSE 100 is currently 26.23 points lower at 5287.72, as investor nervousness about the state of the global economy continues. On US GDP, Jim Reid at Deutsche Bank said: | Today the market is expecting nominal quarter on quart...
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in New York.
(photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
Stocks end strong month
The News & Observer
| NEW YORK -- Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. But despite the turbulence, this was still the market's best month in a year. | Investors had an ambivalent response to the government's gross domestic product report, which showed that economic growth slowed in the April-June quarter. T...



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