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Submitted by Patronusanalytical from Google Reader: Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) * Taliban spokesman says not behind Farah blast * Bomb comes a day after Karzai inaugurated for 2nd term * Afghan lawmaker survives separate blast ... (Read More)

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Submitted by Patronusanalytical from Google Reader: Source: Reuters * Canadian-drafted resolution adopted by 74-48 vote * Saudi Arabia breaks ranks with Muslim states, votes yes * U.S., Britain, Canada welcome the censure of Iran (Adds U.S., British and Canadian ... (Read More)

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Submitted by Patronusanalytical from Google Reader: Lately African infrastructures, of all sorts, are becoming one of the most popular topics for those commenting on the state of the continent. I, at least, have a come across a number of different news and reports pointing out new developments, the impact of Chinese investment, new European and World Bank support for large-s (Read More)

22 hours ago

BBC Tamil activists' horror at what has become of Jaffna. (Read More)

20 hours ago

Reuters: International News HAVANA (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago. . (Read More)

1 day ago

BBC At least two policemen have died in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. (Read More)

1 day ago

BBC A suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills at least 13 people, including a policeman, in south-west Afghanistan. (Read More)

2 days ago

Reuters Source: Reuters * Bomber detonated device when challenged by guards * Country united against terrorism, says PM * U.S. drone kills four in North Waziristan By Faris Ali PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 19 (Reuters) - ... (Read More)

3 days ago

CNN An Afghan government ministry is flatly denying a news report that a Chinese firm apparently got a contract for a big copper extraction project in Afghanistan after the agency took millions of dollars in bribe money. . (Read More)

2 days ago

Reuters: International News PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks on the northwestern Pakistan city. . (Read More)

3 days ago

Submitted by Patronusanalytical from Google Reader: Source: Reuters * Positive signs for future seen * Banditry main problem in bringing change * U.N. to launch social development project GENEVA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Chad, long racked by violence and poverty, ... (Read More)

5 days ago

techPresident Those of us on the West Coast - or who stayed up extra late - were able to catch President Obama's town hall live on TV from China along with the accompanying Twitter chatter. There were some amazing nuggets from the town hall. It provided a genuine dialogue with the president, who opened up on his thoughts on everything fr (Read More)

5 days ago

Reuters: Top News Source: Reuters * Twenty-four hurt in attack at checkpost * Mosque, police station badly damaged * Suspected Taliban gunmen kills ethnic Pashtun tribal elder * 16 militants killed in Orakzai tribal region ( ... (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Patronusanalytical from Google Reader: Only humanitarian organizations that use cargo ships in the Indian Ocean have had to worry about the threat of Somali pirates. That may be changing with the recent hijacking of a commercial aircraft in the Puntland region. According to a Voice of America news article, members of a pirate gang commandeered the plane, in hope (Read More)

5 days ago

Reuters PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed at least three people on Monday near a Pakistan air force base close to the northwestern city of Peshawar and the Afghan border, a government official said. . (Read More)

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