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Afghan district holds lessons as US makes gains (AP)
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
AP – With bandoliers of bullets wrapped over both shoulders, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Seth Little knelt in a trench, his machine gun pointing toward a clutch of...
Afghan Ban On Security Firms Delayed By 2 Months
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghanistan will extend a deadline for private security firms to disband through early next year, the president said Wednesday in a...
Trial for Playboy editor’s appeal starts in Indonesia
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesia's highest court was legally wrong to sentence the former editor of the country's version of Playboy magazine to prison for...
UK downplays progress on Afghan-Taliban peace talks
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's foreign minister said Wednesday there was a long way to go before a political settlement could be reached to end the Afghan...
Indian PM positive on ties with China
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday there were "enormous possibilities" to work with China, playing down simmering...
Myanmar under pressure to act on poll ‘credibility deficit’
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
HANOI (AFP) – Military-run Myanmar came under pressure from its neighbours Wednesday to address what Indonesia said was a "credibility deficit"...
Ex-Tiananmen leader to represent Liu at Nobel summit
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – Former Chinese student leader Wuer Kaixi will represent imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in...
China urges Taiwan to step up search for typhoon missing
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
TAIPEI (AFP) – China called on Taiwan Wednesday to step up the search for 20 Chinese people still unaccounted for seven days after they went missing during Typhoon...
Sri Lanka court jails Tamil for Kumaratunga attack
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
A court in Sri Lanka has sentenced a Tamil man to 30 years in prison for his part in the attempt to kill former President…
Army gay rules breach rights: S.Korea commission (AFP)
oktober 27, 2010by latadmin
AFP – South Korea’s military criminal code punishing homosexuality in the ranks is a violation of soldiers’ rights, the country’s human rights...
