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Reuters: International News:
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops.
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New York Times:
After spending $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, the U.S. is concerned that Iraqis won’t be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left.
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Reuters: International News:
LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.
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washingtonpost.com - Jim Hoagland (washingtonpost.com):
Few things are as dangerous in the Middle East as well-intentioned outsiders. They invariably bring unintended consequences upon those they would guide to a better life. Ask Job. Or consider the case of Mahmoud Abbas, whose h (Read More)
New York Times:
Pakistan expressed fear that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on the United States to consider that concern as it develops its new war stra (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
On Monday we went to the National Theatre to see Alan Bennett's new play, The Habit of Art, about a fictional meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten. It was the performance before press night, so there had been no no (Read More)
Huffington Post:
The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivatives, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said Thursday."Most people who write abou (Read More)
The Guardian:
Originally published on 21 November 1945NUREMBERG, NOVEMBER 20.When Lord Justice Lawrence, British President of the International Tribunal, opened the great Nuremberg war trial this morning he called it unique in the history (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids (The great EU stitch-up, 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to b (Read More)
The Guardian:
Ineluctably, a worm is turning deep inside President Barack Obama's policy of constructive engagement. Mr Obama needs something, somewhere to go right. He has filled audiences in Berlin and Cairo with hope. He has deployed hi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argu (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
British troops could be withdrawn from Germany by a future Tory government if other Nato states agreed to take over the UK's commitments there, the shadow defence secretary, Liam Fox, has said.Fox said it is "no longer necess (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Nobody was more surprised to discover that Lady Ashton was Europe's new foreign policy chief than the baroness herself. (Read More)
Worldfocus:
Gideon Rose of Foreign Affairs Magazine and James Rubin of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs join Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia and the focus of U.S.-China rel (Read More)
News Network:
The World Policy Journal All Access Passport
observer.guardian.co.uk:
The number of defamation cases that reached the high court surged by 11% in 2008 to a four-year high, as foreign claimants took advantage of the UK's tougher laws to seek "libel tourism" awards from publishers.A total of 259 (Read More)
FT.com - Brussels:
The appointments of the EU's first full-time president and foreign minister suggest it is not adapting fast enough to profound changes that are eroding its influence, writes Tony Barber. (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Peter Davies, Doncaster's accidental mayor, has dispensed with his official car and severed twinning links with five foreign towns. But he says he is just getting started on a raft of changes. (Read More)
News Network:
International Relations Aj'S Log
www.ft.com:
The traditional owners of Britain's large country houses are being displaced by a wave of international and "new money" buyers, according to research. (Read More)
Reuters: Private Equity:
* Former agriculture minister likely to take powerful post
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
October 12 sessionRelease of Abdelbaset al-MegrahiBritish interests "would be damaged, perhaps badly" if Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi had been allowed to die in a Scottish jail, David Miliband said. The f (Read More)
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