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(Photo: AP / David Longstreath)The 'Merchant Of Death'
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout ...Full Story

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(Photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison)Afghanistan Is a Graveyard of Reputations Too
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, awards Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, with the Distinguished Service Medal as McChrystal's wife Annie looks on during his retirement ceremony at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2010....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / marzena)Diving into coldest water on Earth
Diving into coldest water on Earth ...Full Story

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(Photo: AP)Four die in China landslides
Rescuers move parts of a collapsed building in search of victims after rain-triggered landslides swept through Wama village near Baoshan city, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010....Full Story

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Cisco to acquire smart grid metering co. Arch Rock
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/09/02/2063357/cisco-to-acquire-smart-grid-metering.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Colo. regulators hold hearings on Xcel smart grid Colo. regulators hold hea...Full Story
Afghanistan: NATO's Ten Year War In South Asia
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 12:10 pm | Article: Rick Rozoff | Afghanistan: North Atlantic Military Bloc's Ten-Year War In South Asia | Rick Rozoff | In slightly over a month, on October 7, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan will enter its tenth year. | The conflict represe...Full Story
Five killed, six injured amid militant arrests in Iraq (Roundup)
| Mosul/Kirkuk, Iraq - Five people were killed and six injured in a series of attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, which also saw police forces arrest 38 suspected militants, security officials said. | Two policemen were killed and six people injured by a bomb blast targeting ...Full Story
Iraqi police arrest 18 suspected militants in Kirkuk
| Kirkuk, Iraq - Iraqi police on Wedndesday arrested 18 people suspected of being insurgents and uncovered large ammunition caches in the north of the country, officials said. | Search operations by Iraqi forces and US advisors led to the capture of 10 people who were o...Full Story
An Example of Progress in Northern Iraq
| Iraqis and Americans serving together has been the hallmark of Operation Iraqi Freedom in recent years. Long gone are the days of the initial invasion and removal of Saddam Hussein. Today, U.S. Forces (USF) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) partner together while conduc...Full Story
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan ink pipeline framework deal
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | - Powered by | ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have signed a framework agreement on moving forward a stalled project to build a gas pipeline from the energy-rich ex-Soviet state to the east, Turkme...Full Story
Where Did The Money Go?
| Nine Years Later, Afghanistan Looks Much the Same: A Mess | HERAT, AFGHANISTAN--OK. The roads are impressive. Specifically, the fact that they exist. When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, more than two decades of civil conflict had left the country bereft of basi...Full Story
Sharia Stimulus: US Taxpayers Funding Shovel-Ready Mosques Abroad. by George Savage. Aug. 27 at 8:54pm
| But who knew that under Barack Obama similar subsidies would be extended to mosque maintenance in foreign lands? Caroline May at the Daily Caller reports: | Just a cursory search of the term "mosque" on the State Department's list of "projects" reveals 26 examples of ...Full Story
Afghanistan, Turkmenistan renew pipeline pledge
| August 31, 2010   | (AP) — Afghanistan and Turkmenistan say they remain committed to building a long-delayed pipeline to pump natural gas south to Pakistan and India, in spite of the ongoing Taliban insurgency. | Ministers from the two countries signed an agree...Full Story
Afghanistan, Turkmenistan Renew Pipeline Pledge
Ministers from the two countries signed an agreement in Kabul calling for officials from all four countries to hammer out remaining details of the project before a meeting of the Afghan and Turkmen leaders at the United Nations next month, the Afghan Ministry of Mines s...Full Story
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Fiji: Adventurous island holiday
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Dead mothers
Houston Chronicle | We'd like to think that dying in childbirth is one of those things that doesn't happen anymore, or at least, not to Americans. | Sadly, that's not true. | Earlier this year, an article in the Lancet calculated that the U.S. has, in the grim languag...
TAPI to bring significant economic benefit to the region: US
The Times Of India WASHINGTON: US has welcomed the proposal of tran-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI), running through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India - saying that this would bring significant economic and political benefit to the region. | If realized, the "T...
Ningxia to boost free trade with Muslim nations
China Daily 2010-08-28 10:26:15.0Ningxia to boost free trade with Muslim nationsfree trade zone,Islamic countries,China-Arab Economic,Middle East,Southeast Asia11010460Economy2@webnews/enpproperty--> | Autonomous region may set up free trade zone to expand marke...
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Kidnapped Assyrian killed in Iraq despite ransom paid
Khaleej Times MOSUL, Iraq ' A Christian glazier was abducted and killed in northern Iraq after his family had paid his kidnappers 15,000 dollars as a ransom for his release, police said on Friday. | Luay Barham al-Malik's decomposed body was found in a field in Ni...
FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in Iraq
The Star | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The end of U.S. combat operations this month places the onus of ensuring security squarely on Iraqi leaders, even though they have yet to form a new government almost six months after an election. A line of Strykers convoy in th...
China to expand trade with Arab, central Asian countries
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Daily Press Briefing - August 26, 2010
Scoop Friday, 27 August 2010, 3:18 pm | Press Release: US State Department | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:24:22 -0500 | Philip J. Crowley | Assistant Secretary | Daily Press Briefing | Washington, DC | August 26, 2010 | INDEX: | DEPARTMENT | USAID Administrator Sha...
Turkmenistan symbol of personality cult torn down
The Daily Telegraph A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan's former dictator has been taken down in a move further eroding the personality cult around the late Central Asian leader. | A gilded statue of Turkmenistan's former dictator Saparmurat Niyazov that rotates t...
Turkmenistan dictator's golden statue is toppled
The Independent | A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan's former dictator has been taken down, further eroding the personality cult around the late leader. | The Arch of Neutrality was the most distinctive monument in honour of the eccentric leader Saparmurat Ni...
Khalifa receives cable from Sarkozy
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Boxing: Kiwi takes silver at Youth Olympics
NZ Herald 7:25 AM Friday Aug 27, 2010 Email Print | Teenage boxer Joseph Parker ended New Zealand's campaign at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games with a silver medal in the super heavyweight class in Singapore. | Parker, 18, from Manukau City, was outpointed b...
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