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Robert Gates and Karl Eikenberry, Bagram
Afghanistan   Combat   Photos   Security   Wikipedia: Afghan  
Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
By ANNE GEARAN | AP National Security Writer | COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency str... (photo: Public Domain / Geo Swan) Wtop
Volunteers carry injured people following an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
Bombing   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Terrorism in Pakistan  
Deadly bombing at Pakistan rally
| At least 22 people have been killed in a large suicide blast in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police said. | The bomber struck a rally of about 2,000 people who had gathered o... (photo: AP / Arshad Butt) Al Jazeera
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty May 18, 2010, at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen also answered questions about the arms agreement, which measures further reduction and limitations on strategic offensive arms. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released) Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan - | U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province... (photo: US DoD / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy) Seattle Times
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Us   Wikipedia :Robert M. Gates  
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov during their meeting in the city of Astrakhan in southern Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. Gazprom to double gas purchases in Azerbaijan
|       RBC, 03.09.2010, Baku 13:56:58.Gazprom and State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) have signed a supplemental agreement to the existing contract on the sale and p... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service) RBC News
Azerbaijan   Energy   Industry   Photos   Wikipedia: Gazprom  
Top Stories
Private vehicles seen caught in road traffic in Mandaluyong   City , Philippines , February 6 , 2010.  So much for getting to work on time
| Beijing - A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres reappeared in northern China on Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state me... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Independent online
Beijing   Cctv   Photos   Traffic Jam   Wikipedia: Traffic congestion  
Members of a Hong Kong police forensic team examine the tourist bus used in the hostage-hijacking on Aug. 23 by an ex-policeman at the auditorium at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, suburban Manila, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Manila begins hostage crisis probe
| Authorities in the Philippines have begun a three-day inquiry into a botched hostage rescue operation in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the cap... (photo: AP / Noel Celis) Al Jazeera
Crime   Hostage   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Manila hostage crisis  
Pakistanis displaced by flooding plead for handouts during an aid  distribution by the Pakistani Air Force at a temporary camp set up for residents who had to flee their homes in Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
| LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed ... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer) The Star
Floods   IMF   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200 The risks of withdrawal loom
| Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Gulf News
Defence   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
Withe the help of a Marine, center, and a Navy medic, right, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Audrey Ramos, left, of San Antonio, Texas, a Flight Medic with Task Force Shadow, oversees the evacuation of an Afghan child with multiple gunshot wounds, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan  Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Airstrikes by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts as to whether ... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley) The New York Times
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Gates Lands in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President ... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool) The New York Times
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) The New York Times
Banking   Britain   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Bank of Scotland  
Radio & TV Human Rights
Auckland cop's effort saves Afghan toddler
Attack in Tajikistan Highlights Fears of Militancy
The Black Sea Need Not Be a Black Spot
Afghan violence 'will get worse'
Private vehicles seen caught in road traffic in Mandaluyong   City , Philippines , February 6 , 2010.
 So much for getting to work on time
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UN chief deplores deadly attacks against Pakistan's Shii
Concern over deportations of Iraqis from Europe
Conditions in flood-stricken Pakistan still desperate, UN ag
UN agency urges European nations not to deport Iraqi refugee
A Pakistani women cooks dinner for her family at a temporary shelter for people displaced by floods, in Makli, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Sept 2, 2010.
International aid for Pakistan has stopped, says UN
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Society Health & Science
John Woo wants to deepen West's knowledge of Asia in his
John Woo wants to deepen West's knowledge of Asia in his
John Woo wants to deepen West's knowledge of Asia in his
John Woo wants to deepen West's knowledge of Asia in his
Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan waves to media at his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Pakistan defended Saturday the easing of restrictions on Khan, saying the man who once confessed to passing nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya no longer posed a risk because his smuggling network had been dismantled.
Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A Q Khan
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Notices to Indians who joined superbug study
Scientist freed after US airport scare
From Hiding, Indonesian Defends Free Expression
At First She Didn't Succeed, but She Tried and Tried Aga
During the rainy season, mangrove plants appear greener and provides much needy biodiversity to nature circle.
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Sport Internet
Marathon: Athletes drawn to perfect setting
Equestrian: Quintet mixes experience with fresh talent
ICC, Pakistan in scandal face-off
Netball: Test series of little impact on Delhi, say rivals
Paraguay head coach Gerardo Martino  waits prior to the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Paraguay and Spain at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, July 3, 2010.
Gerardo Martino Announces Paraguay Team To Take On Japan
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Baidu's primary goal is ultimate functionality
US military eyeing NZ made Jetpack
Clubs to fight pokies changes
Kuru Kuru Sushi plans second Oahu location
During the rainy season, mangrove plants appear greener and provides much needy biodiversity to nature circle.
On the GreenBeat: Smart Meters Win in PG&E and Oncor Disputes, Facebook to Get Greener ...
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