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A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200
Defence   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
 Gulf News 
The risks of withdrawal loom
| Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of which were forced upon it (Af... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany  
 The New York Times 
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common s... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas  dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003.  Asia Times 
Hiroshima's poisonous past
|      Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan announced the joint publication o... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Japan   Photos   War Crimes   Weapons   Wikipedia: World War II  
A stock broker watches the Bombay Stock Exchange index on his trading terminal as the Sensex fell by more than 600 points, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008  Asia Times 
Sheen wearing off Indian growth
|      Sep 3, 2010 Sheen wearing off Indian growth | By Kunal Kumar Kundu | BANGALORE - India's 8.8% economic growth in the three months through June stands out like a beacon in a ... (photo: AP / Rajesh Nirgude)
Economy   India   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of India  
Top Stories
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf Asia Times
Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
|      Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the ... (photo: AP / Azamat Imanaliev)
Democracy   Kyrgyzstan   Photos   Politics   US  
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections. Asia Times
The degree zero of culture
|      Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | ... (photo: AP Photo / Shah Khalid)
Afghanistan   Culture   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban  
In this image made Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 from China Central Television footage, North Korea's  Kim Jong Il, left, walks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, when they met in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province on Friday Aug. 27, 2010 Asia Times
China makes its North Korea move
|      Sep 3, 2010 Page 1 of 2 | China makes its North Korea move | By Peter Lee | The Barack Obama administration's policy of "strategic reassur... (photo: AP / CCTV via APTN)
China   N Korea   Photos   US   Wikipedia: ROKS Cheonan sinking  
CHINA TOWN MELAKA 148, Jalan Bunga Raya. Star Tribune
China's once-a-decade census highlights growing rights awareness among ordinary citizens
| BEIJING - Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update. | After... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Census   Decade   Photos   Rights   Wikipedia: China  
Delta force GIs disguised as Afghan civilians, November 2001 C. Star Tribune
Afghan fighting kills 2 US troops, 37 insurgents; Kabul says NATO strike killed civilians
| KABUL, Afghanistan - Two American troops died in fighting in Afghanistan on Thursday, while NATO and local officials said coalition and Afghan forces killed dozens of i... (photo: Public Domain / Geo Swan)
Afghan   Fighting   Insurgents   Photos   Wikipedia: NATO  
Commander, Fleet Forces Command, Adm. John Nathman, greets the Honorable Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), Robert M. Gates, aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) for an official visit and tour. Breitbart
US defence chief Gates on surprise Afghan visit
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise v... | US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise visit followi... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mari Matsumoto)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   US  
Former British prime minister Tony Blair, now the Middle East envoy for the so-called Quartet peacemakers, speaks at a meeting of the French ruling conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement party (UMP), Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Paris. Zeenews
India a shining example of democracy: Blair
London: Tony Blair, who took Indo-British ties to a new level during his 10 years as Prime Minister, believes that India is a shining example of a nation that is "genuine... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
India   Leader   London   Photos   Politics  
Lalu Prasad Yadav- India- politics Zeenews
Lalu accuses Nitish of failing to handle Maoist crisis
Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing to handle the crisis arising out of the kidnapping of policemen after the encoun... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.)
Bihar   Leader   Patna   Photos   Politics  
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari attends the Pakistan donors conference at a Tokyo hotel, Japan, Friday, April 17, 2009.( Newstrack India
Zardari orders probe into discrimination against Hindus in relief camps
| Sukkur, Sept 2 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered a probe into the reports of discrimination in the flood relief camps. Media reports said flood vic... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Islamabad   Leader   Pakistan   Photos   Politics  
Shri Lalu Prasad . The Siasat Daily
Lalu accuses Nitish of failing to handle Maoist crisis
| Patna, September 02: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing to handle the crisis arising out of the kidnapping of policemen ... (photo: PIB of India)
Bihar   Maoist   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia : Lalu Prasad  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Agricultural Policy
- ESG office-bearers elected
- EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions
- Pakistan boosts security after Lahore bombs kill 33 people
- The risks of withdrawal loom
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200
The risks of withdrawal loom
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- Time to fire a second salvo to defend palm oil
- Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
- Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
- NBS policy fails to balance fertiliser uses
Palm Oil - CPO - Sime Darby Plantations In Johor.
Time to fire a second salvo to defend palm oil
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International Relations Climate Change Policy
- Familiar themes dominate first day of peace talks
- French minister admits role in L'Oreal heiress saga
- Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
- Tony Blair memoir reveals support for George W. Bush and Gua
France's budget Minister Eric Woerth, waits to welcome Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, unseen, shortly before their meeting in Paris, Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
French minister admits role in L'Oreal heiress saga
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- How Barack Obama became Mr Unpopular
- Amazon at lowest level for 40 years
- Rising temperature may bring down rice production
- Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid: UN
Rice - Commodity
Rising temperature may bring down rice production
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Carter Helps Free American Held In North Korea
- Mongolia is the unsung success story of Asian human rights
-  Iran tells West to stay out of stoning case
- Malaysia: Disability Rights Treaty Ratification an ‘Import
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, second left, and Aijalon  Gomes, right, hugs as they prepare to leave North Korea from Pyongyang, on Friday August 27, 2010.
Carter Helps Free American Held In North Korea
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- The degree zero of culture
- Oceanic crowd witness ‘Vittla Pindi’ in Udupi
- Egypt: Into the tombs of the pharaohs
- CBI court issues warrant against former Medical Council Pres
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections.
The degree zero of culture
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Nuclear Weapons Terrorism
- Nuclear envoys to gather in Beijing to discuss latest impass
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
A visitor points with am umbrella at a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, painted by North Korean defector Sun Moo, at the Korea War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear talks
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- US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
- The risks of withdrawal loom
- Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack
- The degree zero of culture
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
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