The Australian Assault on innocence | THE girl in Sierra Leone's Freetown spends all her time caring for her baby, a child born of violent rape. The adolescent in southern Afghanistan has finally begun to learn to read, but she is terri... (photo: US Navy photo)
Inquirer US extends Afghanistan stay for 2,200 Marines | WASHINGTON -- The United States has extended the stay of 2,200 marines in Afghanistan for one month until November, making their tours eight months long instead of seven, a marines spokeswoman said ... (photo: USMC file/Cpl Justin L Schaeffer)
Gulf News Head of UN mission tries to build on aid meet | Islamabad: A senior UN official on Thursday called for Afghanistan's neighbours to work towards mending tense regional relationships so that the conflict-torn country could be rebuilt. | Kai Eide, h... (photo: U.S. Army ) AfghanistanAidPakistanPhotosUN
Gulf News Second Al Qaida suspect freed from jail | London: An Algerian suspected of links to Osama Bin Laden and bomb plots in the United States and France has been freed on bail after more than seven years in prison in Britain, officials said on Th... (photo: AP / Dave Caulkin) AlgeriaLondonPhotosQaidaTerrorism
Asia Times A new world under one Heaven | By Francesco Sisci | Part 1: | BEIJING - Globalization in the West started with the Greeks - with the Anabasis told by Xenophon, a disciple of Socrates. Then, 10,000 Gr... (photo: AP/Ng Han Guan / ) ChinaCultureGlobalizationPhotosPolitics
Asia Times India blows up a monsoon | By M K Bhadrakumar | It cuts both ways when an unelected politician heads the government in a democratic country. On the one hand, he may not be adept at the politickin... (photo: PIB ) AsiaIndiaNuclearPhotosPolitics
Asia Times Big Oil's 'secret' out of Iraq's closet By Pepe Escobar | NEW YORK - It is not about the "war on terror". It is not about weapons of mass destruction. It is not about "freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people"... (photo: US Navy file / PM1 Michael Larson) AfghanistanIraqOilPhotosUSWar
San Diego Afghan developments FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported until 1200 GMT on Thursday: | LOGAR - Five Afghan soldiers were... (photo: U.S. Army/SSG Leopold Medina Jr.) AfghanistanNATOPhotosSecurityTerrorism
The Times Record oil prices: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz | The price of oil soared over $145 today, fuelled by concerns of an attack on Iran by Israel or the US. | Investors are worried that continuing tension could push Iran t... (photo: AP Photo / U.S. Navy, Christopher Mobley, FILE) ArabIranOilPhotosPricesStrait
BBC News Britain doubles aid to Pakistan | Britain is substantially increasing its aid to Pakistan and outlining a new strategy for how it is spent. | International Development Minister Douglas Alexander is in I... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) AIdBritainPakistanPhotosPoverty
