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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, left, and 2nd MEB Sgt. Major Hooph pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward operating base with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Bernard was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14.
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Terrorism   US		  Wall Street Journal 
Attack at Afghan Base Kills 8 U.S. Civilians
Thu 31 Dec 2009
By ANAND GOPAL KABUL -- Eight Americans were killed in a suicide attack on a U.S. compound in Afghanistan, officials said, in what appears to be the biggest loss of American civilians since the war... (photo: AP / Julie Jacobson)
A U.S. soldier stands guard following a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. A suicide car bomb attack on a heavily guarded road between the German Embassy and a U.S. military base set the embassy on fire Saturday, killing an Afghan child and wounding 21 people, including five U.S. tr
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Taliban   US		  Al Jazeera 
Americans killed in Afghan attack
Wed 30 Dec 2009
Eight Americans have been killed in a suicide attack on a military base in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province, US officials say. Eight Americans were killed in "an attack on a US military base... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
President Barack Obama walks along the White House Colonnade in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21,2009, before departing to Troy, N.Y., to talk about the economy.  The Times  Wed 30 Dec 2009
Yemen becomes the focus of conflict for President Obama

The global war on terror began a year before September 2001, when a speedboat with militants and half a tonne of explosives rammed an American destroyer anchored in the Yemeni port of Aden. Seventeen... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US
A Police officer control a group of displaced women as they wait in line to receive relief goods at a distribution center in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border in an operation that started with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country's battle against extremism.  DNA India  Wed 30 Dec 2009
Taliban commanders contact Imran Khan for peace talks with govt
LAHORE: Pakistani Taliban commanders have contacted cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan to broker peace talks with the government, but he said he would act as a mediator only if authorities give... (photo: AP / B.K.Bangash)
Contact   Pakistan   Peace   Photos   Taliban
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President Barack Obama, listens to the mother of Matthew Shepard, Judy Shepard, second left, and James Byrd Jr.'s sisters, Louvon Harris, left, and Betty Byrd Boatner, second right, during a White House reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Washington. The Siasat Daily Wed 30 Dec 2009
Afghan protesters burn Obama effigy over civilian deaths
Jalalabad, December 30: Protesters took to the streets in Afghanistan today, burning an effigy of the US president and shouting "death to Obama" to slam civilian deaths... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Afghanistan   Government   Obama   Photos   President
091217-A-1744T-007 U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Cumbie, assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, along with Afghan National Army Capt. Bashir (right), Commander of 3rd Company, 3rd Kandak speak with village members during a patrol in the Kolak village in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 17, 2009. DoD photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leonardo Torres, U.S. Army. (Released) Zeenews Wed 30 Dec 2009
Protests erupt in Afghanistan over civilian deaths
Jalalabad: Protesters took to the streets in Afghanistan on Wednesday, shouting “death to Obama” and voicing outrage over civilian deaths during Western military... (photo: US DoD / Sgt. 1st Class Leonardo Torres, U.S. Army)
Afghanistan   Death   Military   Photos   Protests
Afghan supporters of President Hamid Karzai hold a poster of him as they attend a campaign stop in Ghazni, Afghanistan, 70 miles (110 kms) outside Kabul, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004. Afghans will go to the polls on Oct. 9th., in the country's first ever direct elections. Zeenews Wed 30 Dec 2009
Taliban courts more popular than Karzai govt in Afghanistan
Kabul: More and more Afghans are turning to Taliban courts to get speedy justice, as the corrupt and incompetent government of President Hamid Karzai has proved to be... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan   Court   Photos   Politic   Taliban
Agriculture - sugarcane farming, India The News International Wed 30 Dec 2009
Promote beet farming to boost sugar production
Report says beet can give two times higher sugar yield per hectare,uses less water and inputs and crop is ready within four months Wednesday, December 30, 2009 By Aftab... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Crop   Farming   Photos   Production   Sugar
An Afghan military officer stands guard at a checkpoint near a poster of President Hamid Karzai which says "We want peace and national unity in all over of our dear country" in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. Afghan forces and NATO troops have mounted extra patrols and roadblocks since unidentified armed men on Thursday kidnapped Filipino diplomat Angelito Nayan, and two women - Kosovan Shqipe Habibi and Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland. All work for a joint U.N.-Afghan commission overseeing landmark presidential elect The Times Tue 29 Dec 2009
Afghans turn to Taleban justice as insurgents set up shadow government

When Habiba's elderly husband was badly beaten in a village brawl there was only one place, she said, that she could turn to for help and justice. Barefoot and weeping,... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
Afghanistan   Corruption   Justice   Photos   Taliban
Afghans carry the coffin containing the body of a victim who was killed by Sundays suicide attack for a funeral service, in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 The Times Tue 29 Dec 2009
Reality of civilian deaths despite Hamid Karzai's finger-pointing at Nato

President Karzai blamed Western forces in Afghanistan for the deaths of a party of schoolchildren in eastern Afghanistan yesterday - the day the UN revealed that civilian... (photo: AP / Allauddin Khan)
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from left to right: Tony Blair, Romano Prodi, José Manuel Barroso. (mb1) Michael White's politicians of the decade: Tony Blair The Guardian
This Dec. 2009 photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged in federal court with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec. 25 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Qaeda-Linked Group Claims It Was Behind Bomb Attempt The New York Times
IMF Managning Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks during the Boards of Governors 2008 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington on Monday Oct. 13, IMF urges enhanced support for Pakistan The Examiner
File - Margot Kaessmann, head of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) Germany's Reconiliatory Efforts and the 'Brotherly Union' WorldNews.com
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President-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters after a meeting with his top economic advisers at his transition office in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 200 Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers The Star
Air travel Airports tighten security after failed attack Khaleej Times
Canada´s Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter MacKay Diplomat's defiant rebuttal a PR victory National Post
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Pakistani security officials gather as a police officer removes a car from the site of a bomb explosion outside a bank in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. A suicide bombing occurred outside a bank near Pakistan's capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work in areas along the Afghan border. Pakistan's largest city paralysed after blast, riots Samachaar
Roof observation deck at Schiphol Airport (AMS), Amsterdam, Netherlands. World airports ramp up security Khaleej Times
091208-F-6350L-027 U.S. Air Force pararescuemen carry an injured patient after receiving him from coalition forces in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Dec. 8, 2009. The pararescuemen will administer medical care while transiting to a medical facility. The airmen are assigned to the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and deployed to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence, U.S. Air Force. (Released) UK medics keep wounded troops alive in Afghanistan's Desert of Death The Guardian
President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, Thursday, Aug. 6, in McLean, Va. Former diplomat attacks Obama's Afghan Surge The Examiner
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