Gates Visits Former Taliban Village The New York Times | NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, but the lone street of shops was so sleepy that it looked as if everyone had been told to stay home. | Notes from Afghanistan, Paki...
Ahmadinejad hunkers down with Karzai Asia Times | By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | On Monday, Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad was due to visit Afghanistan on a short trip with a heavy agenda of issues concerning regional security and a drug trafficking problem that is growing despite advances against Afghan insurgents in Helmand province, the world's o...
Gang of Luxury Car Thieves Busted The Siasat Daily | Sharjah, March 10: Sharjah Police have arrested an international gang believed to be behind the theft of more than 400 luxury cars and bringing them into the UAE for re-export to other countries. | Brigadier Yousef Musa Al Naqbi, head of Sharjah CI...
'More Women Need to Embrace E-literacy' The Siasat Daily | Dubai, March 10: The International Women’s Day, according to a leading mirati woman professional, is a good chance to develop women’s awareness about e-literacy, which can give them a technological edge in their professions. | “We strongly be...
Gates Visits Former Taliban Village The New York Times | NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, but the lone street of shops was so sleepy that it looked as if everyone had been...
In This Afghanistan, Bombs Don't Kill Wall Street Journal By YOCHI J. DREAZEN And JIM CARLTON | SAN DIEGO—It was a sunny California afternoon, and an Afghan war scene raged on the expansive grounds here of a little-known company called Strategic Operations Inc. | View Full Image Michal Czerwonka for T...
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Korean cash to flow into Uzbekistan Asia Times | By Institution for War and Peace Reporting | South Korean firms are to explore for oil and gas in Uzbekistan after Uzbek President Islam Karimov, during a state visit to South Ko...
Afghan Push Went Beyond Traditional Military Goals The New York Times | WASHINGTON - Before 10,000 troops marched through central Helmand Province to wrest control of a small Afghan town from a few hundred entrenched Taliban fighters, American offici...
Internet Freedom or Colonization? WorldNews.com Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | Recently, when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton intervened on behalf of Google and condemned China's Internet censors,...
Iran urges IAEA to focus on primary duties The Siasat Daily | Tehran, March 03: Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog Ali Asghar Soltanieh urges the agency to work on its weaknesses and focus on its main responsibilities. | "The Islamic Republic of Iran has serious concerns about the approach taken by ...
Two babies found abandoned outside Mosque in Sharjah The Siasat Daily | Sharjah, March 03: Two well-dressed baby boys, wrapped in blankets and placed in cardboard boxes, were found at the entrance of a mosque here before dawn on Tuesday. | Police said the infants — one apparently aged five months and the other no mor...
Winston Churchill obituary The Guardian | Former Conservative MP and journalist who came from a famous political dynasty | Winston Churchill was a fervent supporter of the Iraq war. Photograph: UPPA Ltd. | The former Conservative MP , who has died of cancer aged 69, perhaps tried too hard ...
Australian share market closes flat on housing data The Daily Telegraph Australia | THE share market closed flat after eight consecutive trading day gains, as weaker mining stocks offset a stronger financial sector. | The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 0.1 points to 4820 points and the broader All Ordinaries index gained 0.5 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 4829.8 points. | On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 16:15 (AEDT),...
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