Taliban militants have suspended talks with the provincial government in the midst of fighting in the country’s volatile northwestern region. “Due to the military operation in Lower Dir ..
Taliban suspends regional peace talks
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Iraqi leader: U.S. raid that killed 2 breached accord
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is accusing U.S.
Kim’s son joins N. Korea military board
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il tapped his son to join the powerful National Defense Commission — a move analysts say makes the latter the heir apparent, South Korean state media said. “Kim Jong-un had been appointed to a low-level post, called ‘instructor’ at the National Defense Commission days before the first session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly meeting was held,” South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, quoting a source. CNN was not able to independently confirm the report.
Petraeus tells shipping companies to ‘get more serious’ about piracy
Gen. David Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command, said Friday the maritime shipping industry must do more on its own to stop pirates.
Pentagon to release hundreds of photos of alleged abuse
The Pentagon will release hundreds of photographs showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2001 and 2006, Pentagon officials said Friday, but they said the photos did not show a systemic problem. “I think it will be in the hundreds,” said one official, who said the photos — not yet seen by the public — would be released by the end of May. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union said the Pentagon had agreed to release a “substantial” number of photographs by May 28 in response to an open-records lawsuit filed by the organization
Baja, Land of Drug Wars, Tries to Keep Tourists Coming
Luring the usual millions of U.S.
Soldiers pulled from Iraq duty, sent straight to Afghanistan
The soldiers had barely arrived in Iraq before they got new orders — get ready for Afghanistan.
Abu Ghraib head finds vindication in newly released memos
She said she was a scapegoat. She said she was just following orders. She said she was demoted unfairly.
Chaos in Tamil war zone, U.N. says
The Sri Lankan offensive against the faltering Tamil Tiger rebel movement has killed or wounded "significant numbers," and thousands are trapped by the fighting, the United Nations said Wednesday. The Sri Lankan army launched an operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam in the country’s north on Monday, and a deadline for the rebels to surrender passed Tuesday
Russia Rearms
Russia’s leaders are getting used to cutting budgets this year. As the country sinks deeper into recession — unemployment, according to some estimates, is as high as 12% and the economy is predicted to shrink by about 4.5% in 2009 — the government is slashing spending at most of its ministries. The Energy Ministry’s budget is down by 33%, and that of the Transport Ministry by 30%