Karzai Begins 2nd Term as Afghan President
Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term as the president of Afghanistan on November 19, and in his inaugural address he...
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Corruption Rampant in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country in the world according to Transparency International, trailing behind only Somalia. Iraq did not...
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Anglo-American Strategy in Afghanistan: Pay off Insurgents with “Bags of Gold”
The London Times reported that official British documents have revealed that the new Anglo-American strategy in Afghanistan is to buy off insurgents with bribes of...
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Chinese Disrespect for Obama Grows
Just prior to the November 15 Obama visit to China, a front-page article in the New York Times began with the following sobering...
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Obama Criticizes Israeli Settlement Building
U.S. government-controlled VOA news on November 18 cited President Obama's statement that Israel's recent decision to authorize the construction of new settlements in...
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UN Nuke Chief in Secret Talks With Iran
The Times of London reported on November 17 that UN and Iranian officials have been engaged in secret negotiations toward an agreement to...
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China Executes Nine for Riot-related Crimes
Communist China has executed nine men for crimes committed during violent, ethnically motivated riots that took place in China’s Xinjiang region in July....
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British Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman
British officials announced that five British soldiers were shot and killed on November 3 by an Afghan policeman in the Nad e-Ali district...
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Karzai Offers Invitation to “Our Taliban Brothers”
Delivering his acceptance speech at a November 3 press conference, the day after Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared him the winner of...
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India’s Central Bank Buys 200 Tons of Gold
In yet another sign of eroding international confidence in the U.S. dollar, India’s central bank has just purchased 200 tons of gold from...
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Karzai Declared President of Afghanistan
VOA News reported on November 2 that Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had declared President Hamid Karzai the winner of the country's disputed...
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U.S. Paying Taliban Who Claim to Switch Sides
The U.S. Government will soon begin paying Taliban members who claim to switch sides in the insurgent war in Afghanistan, according to a...
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Karzai’s Brother on CIA Payroll, N.Y. Times Says
According to a New York Times report published on October 27, Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai, is on the...
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Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Baghdad Bombings
The Islamic State of Iraq, an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in a website posting on October 27 for a pair...
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14 U.S. Deaths in Afghan Helicopter Crashes
NATO officials in Afghanistan have reported that three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters crashed on October 26 in two separate incidents, killing...
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