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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi
Afghanistan   Australia   Defence   Photos   US  
Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
| AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. | The Daily Telegraph understands plans... (photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO)
The Daily Telegraph Australia
An Afghan boy looks back as U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday Feb. 25, 2010.
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   US  
Marjah, the city that never was
| By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logist... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Asia Times
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan
| FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Tali... (photo: US Navy file / Chad J. McNeeley) Star Tribune
Afghanistan   Defense   Gates   MIlitary   Photos  
 Democratic presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks at the "Take Back America" political conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (js1) Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan
SOME VOICES in the US Congress are crying hoarse that the President order the American forces to pull out of Afghanistan within 30 days. if that entails danger to US Forces, pull out by the end o... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak) Merinews
Afghanistan   Kucinich   Military   Photos   US  
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Sleeper high-speed bullet train in China 200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
| Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000) The Daily Mail
Asia   Beijing   London   Photos   Travel  
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York Tuesday, Sept. 23, Iranian President to Visit Afghanistan
| Filed at 3:17 a.m. ET | TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanistan on Wednesday. | Tuesday's announcement coincided with a visi... (photo: AP / Seth Weni) The New York Times
Afghanistan   Iran   Photos   President   Tehran  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. Reconciliation with Taliban not likely in near future, Gates says
| KABUL - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that recent military offensives against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan had gained momentum but that a reconcilia... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) The Dallas Morning News
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Taliban   US  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks with Maj. Wayne Don, Advisor for the Mongolian Expeditionary Task Force, and Mongolian Lt. Col. Javkhlanbayar, senior representative of the contingent, at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. Gates Praises Troops in Southern Afghanistan
| Filed at 3:02 a.m. ET | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy los... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) The New York Times
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Troops   US  
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
| Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy | Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key rea... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) China Daily
Beijing   Diplomacy   Mideast   Photos   Tehran  
Afghanistan Azerbaijan
Gates Visits Former Taliban Village
India, Brazil face threats from al-Qaeda: CIA
CIA warns India of Qaeda threat
'Pak poking nose, India must change Afghanistan policy&#
In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi
Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
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PNC sues for Azeri's yearling filly
Amorin - Adriano must change
Azeri SOCAR to explore Caspian gas field with RWE
Azerbaijan launches $6 bln oil project to prolong ACG
Leftist Turks shout slogans during a protest against the United States outside the U. S. embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 5, 2010, a day after a U.S. congressional committee approved a resolution branding the World War I-era killing of Armenians a genocide.
US officials try to limit damage caused by vote over genocide
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Iran Kazakhstan
Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan
Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace
Iran to launch first euro bond phase today
Fighting corruption must become a priority in post-election
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag
To Bash Them Is to Help Them
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200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
Lady boxers to compete in Kazakhstan Cavs too much for Grizz
Hopes for success in Guangzhou
Central Asia Critical to the US War
Sleeper high-speed bullet train in China
200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
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Tajikistan Turkmenistan
Amorin - Adriano must change
Azeri SOCAR to explore Caspian gas field with RWE
Azerbaijan launches $6 bln oil project to prolong ACG
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing number
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
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Amorin - Adriano must change
India set to join 40 nations in reserving Par seats for wome
India set to join 40 nations in reserving Parl seats for wom
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing number
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
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Uzbekistan Caspian Sea
Central Asia Critical to the US War
Kazakhstan jails show Jonathan Aitken way to reform
Best friends with Prince Andrew and mistress of a £28m Londo
Thomasson: A perk lawmakers are pocketing
45th Munich Security Conference 2009: Botschafter Wolfgang Ischinger (le) and Botschafter Richard C. Holbrooke (ri), in Conversation.
Holbrooke seeks Central Asia help for Afghanistan
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Azeri SOCAR to explore Caspian gas field with RWE
Azerbaijan launches $6 bln oil project to prolong ACG
Central Asia Critical to the US War
Genocide vote poisons Turkey-US ties
Iran's Marjan Kalhor after finishing the first run of the Women's slalom, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
Iranian Olympic skier Kalhor a pioneer
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