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Source: Independent

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 05:57:40 -0800 2009 | business-news

Defence technology firm Qinetiq has warned full-year results are "unlikely" to match previous hopes after contract delays in key US and UK markets. The firm said President Obama 's drawn-out decision over policy in Afghanistan and "political and economic" delays...
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Latest Breaking News: Escaped prisoner prompts Ontario-wide search
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 05:56:22 -0800 2009 | political-news

Authorities are conducting an Ontario-wide search for a prisoner on the lam after his brazen escape outside a Hamilton hospital with the help of two masked, armed men. Canada's major airports will soon have new X-ray scanning gear for carry-on...
Credibility Views: 0 | News Stories: 7 | Blog Posts: 0 | 6 | 1 | 0
 
Current News: Fort Carson soldier dies in Afghanistan.
Source: The Denver Post

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 00:39:59 -0800 2009 | travel-news

00 AM MST A Fort Carson soldier from Illinois has died after an attack in Afghanistan...McLeod of Crystal Lake died Monday west of Pashmul of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with mortar fire.
Credibility Views: 0 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 0 | 7 | 12 | 0
 
Current World News: Prisoners? transfer halted ?more than one time?
Source: The Frontier Post

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 05:56:35 -0800 2009 | political-news

Canadian officials have halted the transfer of prisoners to Afghanistan's intelligence service "more than one time," because of the possibility of torture, Canada's chief of defence staff said...Walter Natynczyk, speaking at the end of the three-day Halifax International Security Forum,...
Credibility Views: 1 | News Stories: 8 | Blog Posts: 0 | 30 | 8 | 0
 
Latest World News: A timeline of Canadian involvement in the transfer of Afghan detainees
Source: Embassy

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 06:44:55 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Liberal government takes heat for the prisoner transfer, with Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark saying they could face a US military tribunal and death penalty. Dec. Chief of the defence staff general Rick Hillier signs Canada's first detainee transfer...
Credibility Views: 0 | News Stories: 4 | Blog Posts: 2 | 6 | 3 | 0
 
Current Event: Text of Manmohan Singh-Barack Obama joint statement
Source: NewKerala

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 06:42:59 -0800 2009 | travel-news

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama today reaffirmed the global strategic partnership between India and the US, and launched a new phase in this partnership. Commending the deepening bilateral cooperation between the world's two largest democracies across a...
Credibility Views: 17 | News Stories: 76 | Blog Posts: 10 | 31 | 13 | 1
 
Source: Open Democracy

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 08:44:40 -0800 2009 | travel-news

Philippines declare state of emergency after political massacre...All this and much more, in today’s security update. On Monday night, Barack Obama held his ninth and possibly last “war council”, discussing strategy changes in the Afghan war and a US troop...
Credibility Views: 2 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 5 | 9 | 0 | 0
 
Breaking News Event: School attacks increase popularity of informal education in Afghanistan
Source: Macleans

Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 12:36:53 -0800 2009 | political-news

The vulnerability of Afghan schools to Taliban violence is increasing the popularity of informal education. International says schools linked to foreign funding or the national government are at greater risk of attack. Continued Below Community-based schooling has emerged as a...
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Latest News Event: Afghan family 'butchered' in bomb blast
Source: Press TV

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 06:00:09 -0800 2009 | political-news

The incident took place on Tuesday in the eastern province of Khost, the Associated Press reported. The device was reportedly planted beneath a cistern and was remotely detonated as the family was passing by in a vehicle, the report added....
Credibility Views: 1 | News Stories: 4 | Blog Posts: 2 | 17 | 5 | 0
 
Breaking World News: Widow of bomb expert Olaf Schmid pays tribute to 'warrior' at funeral
Source: The Guardian

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 07:04:28 -0800 2009 | disasters

The widow of army bomb disposal expert Olaf "Oz" Schmid today paid tribute to her "warrior" husband as his funeral took place with full military honours in his home city of Truro. Christina Schmid said her husband was a protector...
Credibility Views: 30 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 2 | 4 | 4 | 0

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