First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on Tuesday. Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki spea... (photo: AP/Iraqi Government)The Star
To Bash Them Is to Help Them | PARIS - On her recent visit to the Gulf, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton openly stated a fact that is finally becoming clear to outsiders: Iran is moving toward military dictatorship. | However, ... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)The New York Times
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)The Daily Telegraph Australia AfghanistanAustraliaDefencePhotosUS
Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum | By Ali Kareem and Hemin H Lihony | BAGHDAD and SULAIMANIYAH - The post-election political deadlock following Iraq's parliamentary elections on Sunday could lead to security problems and deepen secta... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)Asia Times ElectionsExtremismIraqPhotosPolitics
Marjah, the city that never was | By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)Asia Times AfghanistanDefenceNATOPhotosUS
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)Merinews AfghanistanKucinichMilitaryPhotosUS
