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10 years of western folly has erased Afghan hope The Afghan countryside is set to become a much larger patchwork of areas contested between Taliban and government forces than it is today By Jonathan SteelePublished: 20:00 December 11, 2012 Clouds of uncertainty and foreboding hang over Kabul...

Economists foretell of U.S. decline, China's ascension By Mark Felsenthal DENVER | Sun Jan 9, 2011 12:32pm EST (Reuters) - To hear a number of prominent economists tell it, it doesn't look good for the U.S. economy, not this year, not in 10 years. Leading thinkers in the dismal science...

Russia Looks to Build Strategic Leverage in Pakistan By Saurav Jha, on 10 Aug 2012, Briefing Login to Discuss Email Print Republish Share Recent high-level visits by Russian officials to Islamabad and an upcoming trip by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first-ever by a...

China discourages fasting for Uighur Muslims A Muslim man reads the Quran as others listen in a sitting room in Aksu, Xinjiang, China. Xinjiang is home to the traditionally Muslim Uighur ethnic group.—Reuters Photo BEIJING: China is discouraging some Muslims in the far western region...

Can NATO survive? As leaders seek to exit the draining war in Afghanistan, we ask if the defence alliance is sliding into irrelevance. Inside Story Americas Last Modified: 22 May 2012 08:57 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has announced that its troops will shift to...

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Lawyers want Obama, Bush to testify in 9/11 case AFP | 19 hours ago US President Barack Obama walks to welcome guests at the G8 summit in Camp David, May 18, 2012. – Photo by AFP WASHINGTON: Lawyers for accused plotters of the September 11 attacks want President Barack Obama and...

Man confesses to killing missing New York boy Man confesses to killing missing New York boy Disappearance of six-year old Etan Patz drew national attention and puzzled police for three decades. Last Modified: 25 May 2012 05:06 A man has confessed to strangling to death a boy...

Afghan blasts kill five as Hollande visits: officials AFP | 6 hours ago French President Francois Hollande (L) and Afghan president Hamid Karzai (R) speak at the presidential palace in Kabul on May 25, 2012. —AFP Photo KANDAHAR: Five bomb blasts in Afghanistan Friday killed five...

France's Hollande makes surprise Afghan visit New president defends decision to withdraw French troops at end of this year, two years ahead of NATO's exit timetable. Last Modified: 25 May 2012 17:35 Francois Hollande, the French president, has made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to...

Turkmenistan signs deal for gas pipeline to Pakistan, India Reuters | 15 hours ago Indian Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Turkmen President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, from left, shake hands during a meeting in Ashgabat...

Myanmar will probably side with China. It would foolish to make enemies of a neighbor who is an emerging superpower. This is why believe that a Pakistan-China-Russia-Myanmar axis is the way to go. Myanmar should also be invited to joing SCO. Only if Russia ditches India, SCO would actually be...

Probe accuses US of Afghan detainee abuse Inmates at facility in Bagram tell investigating commission they were tortured and held without evidence by authorities. Last Modified: 08 Jan 2012 05:49 The commission said that hundreds of the facility's detainees were beind held without...

US says Afghan Taliban 'not an enemy' US says Afghan Taliban 'not an enemy' Reports say Washington will hold secret meetings with the group this year after statement by US officials. Last Modified: 01 Jan 2012 05:52 The US government has said in a statement that the Afghan...

Taliban 'confirms' deal to open Qatar office Afghan peace negotiator calls Taliban decision to set up office in the Gulf state a "gesture of good faith". Last Modified: 03 Jan 2012 14:28 The Taliban has battled Afghan and foreign armies since it was ousted from the government in 2001...

Sino-Kazakh ties bring two peoples closer ASTANA, Kazakhstan - When asked to make a sentence with haishi, which literally translates as "had better" in her class at Gumilyov Eurasian National University Confucius Institute, Fariza Sagyndykova, a 17-year-old high school student, said in...

Modec Fined R$16.6M for Ilha Grande Oil Spill By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Japanese company Modec, which provides services to the oil industry, was fined R$16.6 million last week for an oil spill in Ilha Grande Bay along the southern coast of the...

The Next Life When Ye Hongmei lost her daughter in the Wenchuan earthquake, her odyssey to conceive again began. Witness Last Modified: 22 Dec 2011 06:59 When Ye Hongmei's eight-year-old daughter was killed in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, her odyssey to conceive again began. She was...

24-year-old arrested in Los Angeles arson spree LA county sheriff's department detain a man they described as a "person of interest" in West Hollywood on Monday. (REUTERS/Gene Blevins) By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | AP Published: Jan 3, 2012 13:26 Updated: Jan 3, 2012 13:26 LOS ANGELES...