New York Times:
A primer on the military utility of some of the force options before President Obama to bolster the 68,000 American troops already in Afghanistan.
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New York Times:
Canada’s top military officer said that the Canadians had refrained on more than one occasion from turning over prisoners to the Afghan government for fear they would be tortured.
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The Guardian:
The former Alaska governor represents thwarted aspirations and brooding resentment. But she backs policies which would increase themIn the film, The American President, the president's speechwriter Lewis Rothschild (played by (Read More)
New York Times:
A long-running conflict between the government and Muslim separatists on the island of Mindanao has made displacement a regular part of refugees’ lives.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
The prime minister planned his war while telling parliament he was doing no such thing, and the determination to keep the reality hidden created difficulties for the army as it struggled to get soldiers the right kit. The lat (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords, would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 2 (Read More)
CNN:
Sabar Mina is cloaked in a light green shall tinged with dirt. She is holding an empty flour sack by her side that she plans on filling with firewood.
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CNN:
Sabar Mina holds an empty flour sack that she plans on filling with firewood. Sabar takes items back and forth between two of the most dangerous countries in the world, Afghanistan and Pakistan, for pennies per trip.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
It's cute and it's cuddly. And in 30 years, campaigners say, the koala will be extinct. But this emblematic animal has a curious history – and its fate is mired in politicsWhen south-eastern Australia was consumed by bushfire (Read More)
Daily Kos:
A Page From History, And The Atomic Rulebook IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Photo Credit: Dean Calma/IAEA Imagebank On December 8, 1953, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed that there should be an international, in (Read More)
NY Post:
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran today began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Isr (Read More)
World-The Times of India:
Iranian air defence forces began today five days of manoeuvres involving simulated attacks on the country's nuclear sites, state-owned Press TV and Al-Alam television channels reported. (Read More)
World-The Times of India:
Leaked British government documents call into question ex-prime minister Tony Blair’s public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war. (Read More)
World News from Times Online:
If even a fraction of the stories tell the truth about how Iraqi football was run by Uday Hussein, Saddam’s elder son — the punishment for missing a penalty in an important match was said to be a sound whipping — they vividly (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
The nation’s public reckoning over the Iraq war will finally go public tomorrow when witnesses start giving evidence to the official inquiry. Chaired by Sir John Chilcot, a retired Permanent Secretary, the committee faces a h (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
Sitting in a freezing cockpit at more than 30,000ft for hours with anti-aircraft shells being fired at them, aerial photography pilots during the Second World War risked death every time they took off on a secret reconnaissan (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
A silver bowl and salver given to a diplomat as thanks for helping to avert war between Britain and Russia are expected to raise more than £150,000 at auction next Tuesday. (Read More)