Health Ministry reports cholera deaths

Turkey registers one more A/H1N1 flu death

By: chenqi

ANKARA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- One more Turk died of A/H1N1 flu in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, bringing the total number of fatalities blamed on the virus to 94, a high-ranking official said. Kahramanmaras Governor Niyazi Tanilir said in a statement that a woman was taken from Koksun State Hospital to Medical Faculty of Kahramanmaras Sutcu ...

16 days ago

Thirty Years Over Afghanistan

By: robertweller

  Will American Soldiers Protect Chinese Copper Miners in By ROBERT WELLER As always, look to history when your government does something that makes no sense: like sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. The United States’ population was probably as surprised that we had  been able to bomb Tokyo within four months ...

8 days ago

Obama's advisers at war over Afghan conflict

By: citizenjournal

CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. Martin said, "... the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term. The president still has more meetings scheduled on Afghanistan, but informed ...

28 days ago

Obama's Afghan Partner: Juan Cole

By: northsunm32

    As Cole points out Obama's partner the Afghan government has more problems than just corruption although that is certainly bad enough as many  of Karzai's potential cabinet ministers are under investigation! Legislators just collect their pay and do not bother to attend sessions. Ministers do not spend money allotted to ...

7 days ago