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It seemed to herald the inevitability of democracy, but the forces at play in 1989 weren't universal T o Americans, the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago this week - and the Iron Curtain with it - was more than a big move on...
By Michael Williams and Julianne Smith Few would have thought in 1990 that NATO had a bright future. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the demise of the Warsaw Pact had pundits and academics...
An Afghan police officer stands guard as bicyclists ride past a roadside checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO air strike in the western province of...
KABUL (AP) - An Afghan police official says at least two private security guards have been wounded and two fuel tankers set on fire in eastern Afghanistan when militants attacked a supply convoy for NATO forces. Provincial...
By Paul Pickering In The Daliz Pass, Afghanistan Brief encounter: The Taliban chief whom Paul Pickering met on the Daliz Pass A single high-velocity rifle shot went over my head and into the snow-covered rocks. Our meeting...
Revolutionary weapon and its unique 5.7x28mm round Designed to defeat Soviet body armor, the 5.7 came out too late for the Cold War but has found a use with Special Units around the world. The Evolution of the FiveseveN pistol...
WASHINGTON – No one knows how long the bomb lay under the packed earth of southern Afghanistan. How many times had the soldiers stepped over it? Each member of Lt. Dan Berschinski’s platoon had, at least twice. The Fort Lewis...
By Arnaud de Borchgrave Sunday, November 8, 2009 A wise veteran Arab intelligence hand said Afghanistan now is tailor-made for deals with the principal tribal chiefs designed to detach them from the Taliban they fear more than...
news.am, Armenia Nov 7 2009 Parliamentary candidate on trial and double-headed Hnchakyan: weekly review 12:16 / 11/07/2009 Domestic policy This week has been marked by an even sharper conflict within the opposition Social...
Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan to meet before the end of November armradio.am 07.11.2009 20:07 The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of...
