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A large-scale operation aimed at routing the Taliban has been launched by American forces in Helmand Province in south Afghanistan. 4,000 U.S. Marines, joined by almost 700 Afghan troops with air cover provided by NATO war planes began the offensive in the... [read full story]
Nov 23, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Malwatte Valley Plantations said net profit for the September quarter fell six percent to 152 million rupees from a year ago with earnings from rubber up sharply but no provision made for a...
MANILA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday, apparently to prevent a woman from filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor in May next year, the military said.
ISTANBUL, Nov 23 (IPS) - Fifteen years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the glass is half full, according to Purnima Mane, deputy executive director of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)....
England after beating New Zealand Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has on Monday announced the pools for Women's Rugby World Cup 2010. The premier XV-aside tournament in the Women's Game, which will be played in England from...
