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In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi
Afghanistan   Australia   Defence   Photos   US  
 The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
| AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. | The Daily Telegraph understands plans... (photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO)
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
Asian   China   Economy   Photos   US  
 Asia Times 
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US intere... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Entrance to Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California. Chevron was found to have evaded $3.25 billion in federal and state taxes from 1970 to 2000 through a complex petroleum pricing scheme involving a project in Indonesia.  The Guardian 
Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
* Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byline, updates share pr... (photo: Creative Commons / Coolcaesar)
Chevron   Jobs   Photos   Refinery   Trading  
Kashmiri women cry during the funeral of Shabir Ahmad Mir, one of the four militants killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces, in a village in Pastuna, 50 km (32 miles) south of Srinagar March 5, 2010. Thousands participated in the funeral processions of four militants belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Kashmir's frontline militant group after they were killed on Thursday by Indian security forces during a two-day-long gun battle in the village of Dadsar in south Kashmir. One Indian army officer was also killed in the gun battle and four residential houses were completely destroyed in the process, police said.  Kashmir Observer 
At Least 15,000 Conflict Widows In Kashmir: MKM
| Srinagar, Mar 08: (KONS) The International Women's Day brought forth a horrific picture of the fair gender in Kashmir where at least 15,000 women were said to have been widowed in the past twenty ye... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Gender   India   Kashmir   Photos   Women  
Top Stories
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. BBC News
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. |... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   S Asia   US   War  
Former Sri Lankan army commander General Sarath Fonseka gestures as he addresses a press conference after taking over as the chief of defense staff in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Newsvine
Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike
| COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's detained opposition leader has ended a hunger strike after just one day after authorities allowed him to use a telephone again, a party offi... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
Colombo   Media   Photos   Politics   Srilanka  
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Star Tribune
Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan
| FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin... (photo: US Navy file / Chad J. McNeeley)
Afghanistan   Defense   Gates   MIlitary   Photos  
The Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh - India- Politics Deccan Herald
India stands by Copenhagen Climate Change Accord: Ramesh
New Delhi, Mar 9, (PTI): | India today said it has decided to formally back the Climate Change Accord hammered out in Copenhagen last year joining over 100 countries that... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   Environment   India   News   Photos  
 Democratic presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks at the "Take Back America" political conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (js1) Merinews
Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan
SOME VOICES in the US Congress are crying hoarse that the President order the American forces to pull out of Afghanistan within 30 days. if that entails danger to US... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak)
Afghanistan   Kucinich   Military   Photos   US  
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year The Boston Globe
China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
| SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport ut... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Automobile   Business   China   Photos   Shanghai  
Politics Business
- Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
- Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
- 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
- Sun Wukong
Indonesian police officers check a car during a search for militants in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
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- US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
- Chevron to shed 2,000 jobs this year
- Tourism operators, airlines discuss Chengdu–HCMC air route
- Northern Ireland seeks trade opportunities in Vietnam
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
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Health Farming
- Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
- Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
- Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
- US-Born Panda Freed From Quarantine in China
Indonesian police officers check a car during a search for militants in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
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- Politicians in bed with India's 'pimp gurus'
- Did you think Marja was a "City" of 80,000 Afghans
- GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon"
- Fiction of "Marjah" as City Was US Misinformation
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year
China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
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Women & Society Technology & Industry
- Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
- Sun Wukong
- India sets quota for female MPs: 1/3 of parliament must be w
- India's women quota bill clears first hurdle
Kashmiri women cry during the funeral of Shabir Ahmad Mir, one of the four militants killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces, in a village in Pastuna, 50 km (32 miles) south of Srinagar March 5, 2010. Thousands participated in the funeral processions of four militants belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Kashmir's frontline militant group after they were killed on Thursday by Indian security forces during a two-day-long gun battle in the village of Dadsar in south Kashmir. One Indian army officer was also killed in the gun battle and four residential houses were completely destroyed in the process, police said.
At Least 15,000 Conflict Widows In Kashmir: MKM
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- US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
- Chevron to shed 2,000 jobs this year
- Ford Launches Made-For-India Compact Car
- Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
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Fashion & Entertainment Sports
- Cartoon: A late scratching in the Auckland Cup?
- Dita Von Teese promises a sip of the risque during her visit
- Ford India launches much-awaited 'Figo' in New Delhi
- Innovative Putin to hold high tech interaction during India
Sony LCD TVs - Electronics
Sony to start selling 3D TVs in Japan from June
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- Phoenix line up Sydney FC
- Michael Schumacher will fail - Mark Webber
- South Sydney Rabbitohs have the best pack in NRL: Dave Taylo
- Plucky South Korea stun the Netherlands in hockey World Cup
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar reacts after becoming the highest run-getter on the first day of the second test cricket match between India and Australia, in Mohali, India, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Tendulkar has overtaken retired West Indies batsman Brian Lara as test cricket's leading scorer.
Sachin named most influential person in Indian sports
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