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Officials say no peace talks broached at religious meal last month An Afghan election official registers Afghan men for their voter identity card at the voter registration office in Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan,...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A suspected rebel suicide bomber blew himself up Monday inside a crowded opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka, killing a former army general and 26 others. Retired Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera and his...
Published: Oct. 6, 2008 at 3:15 PM ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Turkey staged airstrikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as Turkish leaders asked neighboring Iraq to do more against rebels based there. Meanwhile,...
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday dismissed as "defeatist" comments by Britain's military commander and its ambassador in Afghanistan that the war there could not be won.
Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Violence is likely to disrupt the...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will visit Moscow beginning Monday, aiming to focus on Russian arms sales to Israel's enemies. By contrast, Russia hopes the meeting will bolster its image as a Middle East peacemaker.
Turkish military launches airstrikes on Kurdish targets in northern Iraq, PKK says Raids follow clashes between Turkish soldiers, Kurdish rebels in border region At least 15 Turkish soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in latest...
