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Canadian soldiers stand next to the scene where a suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy, in Kandahar, south Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. The suicide car bomber rammed the convoy, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding one NATO soldier, of
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   Taliban		  The Australian 
Afghan challenge
The West cannot waver in its commitment THE call by the new NATO commander in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, for Australia and its allies to boost troop numbers defies history. Ever since the... (photo: AP/Allauddin Khan)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.
EU   Georgia   Medvedev   Photos   Sarkozy		  Denver Post 
Medvedev: European monitors to deploy to Georgia
Click photo to enlargeRussian President dmitry Medvedev, left, listens to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at the presidential residence, outside Moscow, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. French President... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / )
** EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEO ** This image made from an undated video broadcast Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005 on pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, shows al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahri speaking Kalashnikov rifle propped up behind him at an undisclosed location.  The Star 
Al Qaeda video slams Iran, "Crusader" war - TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has issued a video marking the Sept. 11 attacks, in which deputy group leader Ayman al-Zawahri accuses Iran of taking part in a Western "Crusader" war... (photo: AP / Al-Jazeera via APTN)
Al Qaida   Iran   Photos   Terrorism   US
U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO-International Security Assistance Force conduct combat operations in Helmand Province of Afghanistan.  Irish Times 
Nato, EU and OSCE - all flawed security instruments

In this section � HEAD TO HEADBristol becomes first identifiable victim of US electionWhy it pays to come clean with the taxmanAlarm as Lisbon conundrum inspires Cowen to sing a new dittyIRISH TIMES... (photo: USMC / Cpl Andrew J. Carlson)
Afghanistan   Defence   Europe   Nato   Photos
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A 16 year-old police officer is visited every day for approximately a month by his mother at the US Army (USA) 31st Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. %lt;table The Australian
Cholera outbreak 'an emergency'
OFFICIALS in Iraq's Babil province have declared a state of emergency after an outbreak of cholera in the area. Cholera has killed eight people and infected 20 others in... (photo: US DoD)
Disease   Health   Iraq   Photos   WHO
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Ryan Ballinger, 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron gunner, looks out at the ground below here on August 2, 2008. CNN
Report: U.S., NATO airstrikes fuel Afghan public backlash
(CNN) -- U.S. and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled between 2006 and 2007, fueling a public backlash, according to a report from a humanitarian watchdog.... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
Afghanistan   Defence   Nato   Photos   US
A Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebel reads the Koran at a remote hinterland village in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao on Sunday Sept. 17, 2006. The Daily Tribune
Dealing with terrorists
FRONTLINE 09/09/2008 From the start, after breaking away from the mainstream Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels were... (photo: AP / Al Jacinto)
Islam   Peace   Philippines   Photos   Politics
Rescuers carry survivor The Guardian
Death toll in Egypt rock slide at 47

By MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The death toll from a devastating rock slide that buried a shanty town rose to 47 on Monday, a security... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Jiang Hongjing)
Death   Disaster   Egypt   Injury   Photos
A Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, plane seen off the runway at the airport in Vilnius, Lithuania TravelDailyNews
SAS Airlines appoints new UAE District Manager

SAS Scandinavian Airlines, the leading carrier in Northern Europe, has appointed Anna Lyczak-Czepukojc as the new District Manager for the UAE effective 1st September... (photo: AP / Vladas Sciavinskas , Lietuvos Rytas , Pool)
Airlines   Arab   Europe   Photos   Scandinavian
Launch of the new EU strategy for EU-China Relations, Peter Mandelson. ula1 International Herald Tribune
EU trade chief looking for a legacy in the wake of Doha collapse
: Peter Mandelson once said he would be the last man standing in the marathon push for a global trade deal, but as his time as Europe's trade chief ticks away, he may... (photo: European Parliament, 2006 )
Economy   Europe   Photos   Politics   Trade
Drivers line up for gasoline selling for $1.98 per gallon at this Getty station in Jersey City, N.J., Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel Friday as the market grew skeptical of reports that OPEC planned immediate cuts to production. Seattle Times
OPEC considers cutting oil production

VIENNA, Austria - With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks... (photo: AP /Mike Derer)
Austria   Energy   Opec   Photos   Vienna
The Al Basrah Oil Terminal, or ABOT, is Iraq´s principle export facility located near the Persian Gulf. ula1 Bahrain Tribune
$300b to pep up Gulf oil output by 10mbpd
'Iraq production fails to reach target despite huge reserves' Mahmood Rafique Business Correspondent A massive $300 billion investment in boosting oil production is... (photo: US Army by A. AL BAHRANI)
Business   Gulf   Iraq   Photos   Production
Sources: Bush Advised To Delay Troop Cuts In Iraq CBS News
Sources: Bush Advised To Delay Troop Cuts In Iraq
President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Bush   Defense   Iraq   Photos   President
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Rice presses Tunisia to make democratic changes The Examiner
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Afghan Community Observes International Day of Peace . Afghan tribal leader's trial set Denver Post
RiceandLula Rice hails business, security ties with Morocco on last leg of North Africa trip Star Tribune
Health & Science
Medical engagement in Al Madinah As Siyahiyah Iraq seeks to lure back wary doctors with proposed 'white zone' medical enclave Star Tribune
A member of Pakistani security forces holds his weapon next to a poster, center, showing the presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, at the parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Lawmakers began casting votes Saturday in Pakistan's presidential election, a race where the favorite by far is the scandal-tainted pro-U.S. widower of slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhu NATO crisis tests new president The Australian