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Gordon Brown�s small Afghan games
Berlin :: Germany | about 14 hours ago
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Winston Churchill famously described Russia as a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma...Oddly enough, last month the newly installed head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards, warned that British troop numbers in Afghanistan couldn’t...
Tags: Afghanistan, Germany, Angela Merkel, air strike, U.S, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, NATO, defence minister, chief quite, Berlin, War in Afghanistan, Politics, War Conflict, Taliban, Human rights abuses, International Security Assistance Force, Human rights in Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, House of Guttenberg, Kunduz airstrike, Taliban insurgency, Civilian casualties of the War in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, German nobility, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Hamid Karzai, Islamic terrorism, Helmand Province, Al-Qaeda, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, Guido Westerwelle
NRO beneficiaries
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 2 days ago
Credibility Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said the ministers who are facing cases and are beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) would not tender resignations. �Why they should resign?� he asked, adding they would face the courts.
Tags: Pakistan, defence minister, Karāchi, Politics, Pakistan Peoples Party, Zardari family, National Reconciliation Ordinance, Iranian Plateau, Pakistani politicians, Cabinet of Pakistan, Qaim Ali Shah, Waziristan, War Conflict, Sindhi people, Ahmad Mukhtar, Ministry of Defence, Foreign relations of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, South Asia, Bhutto family, Punjabi people, Inter-Services Intelligence, Law Crime
Technology opens cracks in Swiss defence
Zurich :: Switzerland | 6 days ago
Credibility A high-tech Swiss army project has been put on hold amid fears that it may become obsolete before it can be implemented. The system now being called into question is a form of so-called network centric warfare (NCW), already tried and tested by the United...
Tags: Ueli Maurer, Switzerland, European Union, task force, told swissinfo, Sebastian Huber, defence ministry, Zurich, Maurer, Defence minister, Ministry of Defence, Militia, War Conflict, Members of the Swiss Federal Council, Politics
Spain calls for pirate blockade
Madrid :: Spain | 14 days ago
Credibility Defence minister Carme Chacon will call for the international force to change its tactics at a meeting next week, Spanish radio reported. She also called for the international community to track ransom payments made to Somali pirates by shipping firms...
Tags: Spain, Somali, defence minister, spain called
Faulkner rules out Afghan troop increase
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 21 days ago
Credibility On his first visit to Washington as Defence Minister, Senator Faulkner met with congressional members, military commanders and his American counterpart, Defence Secretary Robert Gates. He has told them Australia will not be adding to the 1,550 soldiers...
Tags: John Faulkner, Australian, Afghanistan, Washington, Robert Gates, defence minister, ve certainly, U.S, afghans troop, Obama Administration
Defence Minister Peter MacKay engaged to CTV news exec; reports
Toronto :: Canada | 25 days ago
Credibility It appears Defence Minister Peter MacKay is about to lose his status as one of Canada's most eligible bachelors. Reports say MacKay has proposed to Jana Juginovic, a CTV news executive who is on a one-year fellowship at Harvard University. The reports...
Tags: Peter MacKay, CTV, defence minister, minister peter, Jana Juginovic
Maoist supporters seize Rajdhani, abduct drivers
New Delhi :: India | about 1 month ago
Credibility Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahato, a demand that was rejected by West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee...They were taken away because they "flouted the rail roko", PTI quoted him as saying. Maoist leader Kishenji denied involvement in the...
Tags: West Bengal, Indian Coast Guard, Trinamool Congress, defence minister, Rajdhani Express, Afghanistan, Coast Guard Commanders
Faulkner flags early Afghan withdrawal
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Australia has around 1,500 troops in Afghanustan, where they are mainly focused on training a fourth brigade of the Afghan National Army...Afghanistan later today and has told AM that he has been in discussions about possible exit strategies since taking...
Tags: Australia Eyes Early Afghanistan, Australian Defence Force, John Faulkner, defence minister, minister john, faulkner says
Sri Lanka: Singapore Defence Minister visits Jaffna
Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Singapore Defence Minister visits Jaffna [TamilNet, Sunday, 18 October 2009, 09:07 GMT] Defence Minister of Singapore, Mr. George Yeo, paid a visit to Jaffna peninsula Saturday where he went to the Internally Displaced Person (IDPs) held in Koappaay Teachers�...
Tags: Jaffna peninsula, Jaffna Commander G, Sri Lanka Army, defence minister, jaffna lagoon, a9 road
Italy denies paying off Taliban in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility The French were quickly hit with an ambush that killed 10 soldiers. (AP)
Tags: Taliban, Afghanistan, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Sarobi, prime minister, Times of London, France, Berlusconi Denies Secret Payments, defence minister
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