The Life of Alimqul: A Native Chronicle of Nineteenth Century Central Asia (Central Asia Research Forum)
Tory Bear (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
If the Tories move to place the police under local control there will be resignations, says top copper Sir Hugh ly important Orde: "We must be operationally independent in terms of how we deliver policing. We should not be influenced by anyone who has any potential or suggestion for a political basis." News reaches TB though that on December 5th the Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth will be...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which is which • Get the data • Afghanistan's civilian casualties A UN official confirmed today what many already suspected - that Afghanistan is the worst place in the world for children to be born. Launching Unicef's annual flagship report,...
Events dear boy, events (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The scene in the Commons sums up the week. Labour MPs have lost interest. His strategy for the autumn fightback is in tatters. Brown’s failure is complete. The Labour party is short of money and has fallen back on protecting the core vote. The polls have failed to move and there is little evidence that a hung parliament is possible under Brown’s leadership. His economic policy lacks credibility....
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
There is a FAIR PLAY = REPLAY march tomorrow, from Landsdowne Road to the French Embassy, kick off 2 PM. From the Facebook site We are protesting against FIFA’s decision not to allow a replay of the France vs Ireland Qualifier. We are calling on the French Football Federation to join our calls for Fair Play to prevail. We hope at the very least we will highlight to the issue of the need for Video...
John Redwood's Diary (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Yesterday we heard from President Karzai in Afghanistan. The man whose own election was dogged by allegations of ballot rigging duly pledged himself to clean up Afghan politics as the US wished him to do. He went on to state that he wanted foreign troops to [...]
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Senior diplomat formerly stationed in Kabul claims troops 'handed over for severe torture a lot of innocent people' The Canadian government was fending off calls for a public inquiry on torture today after allegations from one of its senior diplomats that Canada was complicit in the torture of Afghan detainees. Richard Colvin, who was second in command at Canada's Kabul embassy in 2006 and 2007, said...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Thirteen killed and 30 wounded including children after suicide bomber detonated explosives in crowded square in city of Farah A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others today in a busy city square in western Afghanistan. Several children were among those wounded in the morning explosion, said a doctor at the hospital in the city of Farah,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Will US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's gamble in dealing with troubled Afghan President Hamid Karzai pay off, asks the BBC's Kim Ghattas.
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Aljazeera.net Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported US strike The Associated Press MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected US missile strike killed at least eight militants Friday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the ... Drone Kills 8 in Pakistan Voice of America ANALYSIS-Pakistan...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The search is on for a mystery soldier after pictures of him meeting the Top Gear team in Afghanistan were found on an iPod in Britain.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The funeral of a Royal Military Police officer who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan takes place in Manchester.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
An cortege conveying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan is the 100th repatriation procession through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett.
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Kabul - UAE Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited yesterday the UAE Force in Afghanistan charged with safeguarding the delivery of humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates to the Afghan people. Sheikh Abdulla
The Independent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
In last Sunday's article, 'Vast Majority of Britons back IoS call for UK forces to leave', we referred to Oxfam's report, The Cost of War in Afghanistan. We would like to make it clear that this report reflected the cost of the war over the last thirty years and not merely the last eight years.'
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natwhokares | 11/11/2009
http://whokares.net/2009/11/11th-of-november-should-be-a-bank-holiday/ Loading ... Especially today the 11th of November I’m wondering if this day should be a bank holiday. In France, it is. But a part, old people who go to put flowers to commemorate the soldiers who fought and died during the WW1, no one is really commemorate anything. But maybe in the UK it should be more important nowadays, because
abdulruff | 03/07/2009
Whither Pakistan ? (Anti-Islamic Strategic Coalition in Pakistan ) - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal *** Today one really does not know what exactly has been going on in Jinnah’s Pakistan and one has to just believe how the global media narrate the stories to suit their goals in pursuing the interests of their hawkish masters. Perhaps Jinnah had not chosen the right people then for the new Islamic nation...
abdulruff | 03/07/2009
July 03, 2009 Dear Editor: Indian yahoo is cutting my articles to size. So, Terror India has lost to a simple Muslim at last. 786* I dedicate all my journalistic, research writings to the memory of my grandmother Mohammad Meera Umma, who taught me alphabets and numerical first and primarily responsible for my school and college studies. ------------------ (Anti-Islamic Strategic Coalition in Pakistan...
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