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JOHANNESBURG - Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille visits the Mogoba informal settlement east of Johannesburg after a group allegedly claiming to be African National...
 
 
19 Sep 2008
 
US examining Afghan war strategy
AFGANISTAN
The Pentagon is taking a close look at its war strategy in Afghanistan in the face of rising violence from an increasingly complex insurgency, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. In...
 
 
11 Sep 2008
 
Afghans say life no better after invasion
AFGANISTAN
Seven years after the attacks on New York and Washington, the event that sparked off the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, many Afghans say life is no better and some say its worse. Following the...
 
 
10 Sep 2008
 
Democrats hit Bush on troop plan
UNITED STATES
President George W. Bush's plan to keep most U.S. troops in Iraq and shift a few thousand to Afghanistan drew quick criticism on Tuesday from top Democrats, led by presidential hopeful Barack Obama...
 
 
04 Sep 2008
 
Pakistan anxious as Zardari poised for presidency
PAKISTAN
Pakistani legislators are set to elect as president the late Benazir Bhutto's controversial widower Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday, making a choice many Pakistanis see leading to a fresh phase of...
 
 
25 Aug 2008
 
Split looms in Pakistani ruling coalition
PAKISTAN
Pakistan's ruling coalition government looked on the verge of splitting on Monday over disputes about the judiciary and who should be the next president, as militant violence and economic problems...
 
 
12 Aug 2008
 
NATO force denies Afghan civilian casualty report
AFGHANISTAN
The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has denied reports that it killed more than a dozen civilians in an air strike to the northeast of the capital. Twelve civilians were killed and 18 were wounded...
 
 
10 Apr 2008
 
Bomb attack on Nato convoy, 8 Afghans dead
AFGHANISTAN
A suicide car bomb attack on a NATO convoy on Thursday killed eight Afghan civilians in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, police said. No NATO troops were hurt as their convoy had just passed...
 
 
27 Mar 2008
 
Sarkozy, Brown to urge more market transparency
FRANCE
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are expected to call for greater transparency in financial markets on Thursday in an effort to tackle the global credit...
 
 
Sarkozy pledges more troops for Afghanistan
INTERNATIONAL
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged in a speech to Britain's parliament on Wednesday to send more troops to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan and called for a "new Franco-British...
 
 
25 Mar 2008
 
Afghan peace hurt by West's failed aid pledges
AFGHANISTAN
Peace in Afghanistan is undermined by Western nations' failure to deliver promised aid and 40 percent of funds that do reach the country return to the West in profits and salaries, aid...
 
 
20 Mar 2008
 
Cheney visits Afghanistan ahead of NATO summit
UNITED STATES
U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday and met President Hamid Karzai, as the United States urges NATO allies to provide more troops and support....
 
 
05 Mar 2008
 
UN wants tougher stance on celebrity drug users
UNITED NATIONS
Prosecutors worldwide are too lenient on celebrities who use drugs, sending a dangerous message to young people, the United Nations said on Wednesday in its global report on illegal narcotics...
 
 
28 Feb 2008
 
Afghan police kill 25 Taliban
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan police have killed 25 Taliban fighters including an insurgent commander in a clash in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The militants were killed in Nadi Ali...
 
 
Missile hits Pakistan's Waziristan
PAKISTAN
A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al Qaeda militants early on Thursday, killing at least eight people, residents and intelligence officials said. The attack...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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