NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for donor programs

NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for donor programs


NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for donor programs

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:31 PM PDT

KABUL - The United States and its NATO allies, worried about how the Afghan government's ban on private security companies might affect their operations, have asked President Hamid Karzai to sign a letter allowing such companies to continue protecting the foreign donor community, according to We...


CCTV of missing malaria trial man

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

CCTV footage is released of a nurse who went missing after being infected with malaria as part of a medical trial.


Plea to free Malawi's 'witches'

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Eighty mainly elderly people recently jailed in for practising witchcraft in Malawi should be freed as their convictions are illegal, campaigners say.


Conductor 'bullied' oboist claim

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:15 PM PDT

A former WNO conductor is accused at an employment tribunal of "bullying" an oboist who was sacked after more than 30 years with the company.


E.P.A. Approves Higher Ethanol Levels in Gas

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:38 AM PDT

The new rules would allow a 15 percent ethanol blend for vehicles manufactured since 2007.


18 Die in Blast at Iranian Military Base

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:54 AM PDT

The base is close to Iran's restive Kurdistan region, the site in recent months of several attacks on the Revolutionary Guards.


NATO Helping Afghan-Taliban Talks, Official Says

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:58 AM PDT

NATO forces are aiding the Afghan government to seek a reconciliation deal with insurgents, including a guarantee of safe passage for Taliban leaders who attended initial peace talks.


U.S. Facilitates Afghan-Taliban Contacts

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT

U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan have been helping to facilitate preliminary contacts in Kabul between President Karzai's government and Taliban representatives, a move that signals a shift by the U.S. to more active support of Afghan reconciliation efforts.


Gates says abrupt end to 'don't ask' would have 'enormous consequences'

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:44 AM PDT

BRUSSELS - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Wednesday that an abrupt end to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy would have "enormous consequences" for troops.



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NATO Helping Afghan-Taliban Talks, Official Says

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT

NATO forces are aiding the Afghan government to seek a reconciliation deal with insurgents, including a guarantee of safe passage for Taliban leaders who attended initial peace talks.


China Cancels More Norway Visits After Nobel Prize

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:20 AM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - China called off several more official visits to and from Norway after the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Norway said on Wednesday.


NATO Facilitating Taliban Contacts With Afghan Govt

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:00 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO-led coalition forces in Afghanistan are facilitating contacts between senior Taliban officials and the Afghan government, a senior NATO official said on Wednesday.


The TV Watch: Rescue on TV: Elation, Exhaustion and Elvis

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:05 AM PDT

The coverage of the rescue in Chile included ribald humor and heartfelt emotion from reporters.


City Room: 44 Charged in Huge Medicare Fraud

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:26 AM PDT

A crime syndicate stole the identities of doctors and patients and billed Medicare for more than $100 million in treatments, officials said.


Egypt imposes SMS restrictions

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Opposition says new measure on mobile text messages will curtail their ability to mobilise voters for November poll.


Approval of Obama at all-time low

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Poll says only 43 per cent of Americans approve of their president, the worst rating since he took office in 2009.


Chileans celebrate with an almighty roar

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:53 AM PDT

For 69 days the friends and families of the 33 trapped miners made a temporary home for themselves at the San Jose Mine. As their vigil comes to an end, Rajesh Mirchandani reports from the town of Copiapo.


China Cheers Rescue Halfway Around the World

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:20 AM PDT

In a country where mining tragedies are common, there was jubilation at a rescue operation that was attempting to lift 33 miners to safety in Chile.


At War: Q. and A. With the Author of ‘The Gun’

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:24 AM PDT

C.J. Chivers is answering your questions about his book, "The Gun."


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