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This is a delicate subject and normally i'm not a delicate person, especially when it comes to wielding the pen, but how many of you out there living inside the garden walls are still crying about bringing our troops home...

In 12 Days of Christmas, Duffy tackles a wide range of subjects from troops in Afghanistan to MPs' expenses, climate change and endangered birds. US President Barack Obama, actress Joanna Lumley and artist Anish Kapoor also get a mention. The...

2 Political Junkies say, "File this under 'Things We Already Knew': A new [Senate] report says that the Bush administration let Osama bin Laden slip from our grasp in Tora Bora." This was posted above this illustration: Cheney keeps growling...

P rime Minister Stephen Harper’s trip to China garnered huge coverage at home, and likely helped his political fortunes somewhat. First of all, it was a distraction from the politics of Afghan detainees, and the week wasn’t kind to the...

On the afternoon he held the eighth meeting of his Afghanistan review, President Obama arrived in the White House Situation Room ruminating about war. He had come from Arlington National Cemetery, where he had wandered among the chalky white tombstones...

Earlier reports also indicate that the US is going to press for the appointment of an official who will oversee the day to day operation of the Afghan government also bypassing Karzai. Turning over control to preferred local officials is...

The FBI responded Thursday in a written statement to a judge's decision to open court records that are purported to show that the FBI intervened on behalf of a convicted felon in exchange for his cooperation with the agency. In...

While Karzai may be agreeable to talks with the Taliban the Taliban leadership has been consistent all along that negotiations are possible only with the withdrawal of foreign troops. Now that Obama has set a date to begin withdrawal talks...

India and US are in talks to convert its bilateral Malabar series of naval exercises into a joint services war game involving their navies, air forces and marine commandos. US Pacific Command chief Admiral Robert F Willard, who is on...