Brown in Afghanistan vows action to defeat Taliban
AFP - Sun Dec 13, 10:26 pm ETPrime Minister Gordon Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan as he made an unannounced visit to troops in the field Sunday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan as he made an unannounced visit to troops in the field Sunday.
“Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Relin has been selected as the featured read of the One Book One Community program for 2009-10, according to the organization’s executive committee.
KABUL - The second-highest ranking U.S. general in Afghanistan said yesterday the planned rapid escalation of U.S. troops would take longer than expected to carry out - as...
Veteran Broadway actress Caroline Lagerfelt is to star as screen legend Greta Garbo in the world premiere of Frank McGuinness' Greta Garbo Came to Donegal, to start Jan. 7, 2010, at London's Tricycle Theatre prior to an official opening Jan. 11.
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A police chief returned home from overseas and stops to visit some of his biggest supporters.
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The president just set up our brave troops for failure. There is no way even our finest can win a war in Afghanistan in under two years. This is not a knock on our brave service men and women - God bless them! This is a planned political play by Obama to ensure his re-election is 2012.
During Obama’s campaign he expressed that he was going to pull troops out, and now he is deciding to send more?
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Militants struck two checkpoints in separate provinces of Afghanistan, killing at least 15 policemen, authorities said.
A second letter of support from members of Congress has gone out on behalf of three Navy SEALs charged with mistreating an Iraqi detainee. The latest letter, written by U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., and signed by 40 of his Republican House colleagues, asks Army Maj. Gen. C.T. Cleveland, head of Special Operations Command Central, to drop all charges against the men.
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