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Aid Burma Million Photos UN | The Australian
It's time for an aid intervention
| WHAT are we waiting for? Where now is liberal interventionism? | More than 100,000 people are dead after a cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta and the UN has declared that up to 2 million people, deprive... (photo: U.S. Department of State / ) | |
 The Times
Silence from our sabre rattlers as Burma's dying cry out to be saved
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | What are we waiting for? Where now is liberal interventionism? More than 100,000 people are dead after a cyclone ... (photo: AP / Burma News Agency via Xinhua News Agency)
Aid Burma Disaster Military Photos |
 BBC News
US operation sparks Afghan unrest
| The east Afghan region of Nangahar has seen violent protests after US forces raided a house, killing three people, arresting nine and seizing arms. | The US-led coalition said they had come under at... (photo: AP / )
Afghanistan Civilians Defence Photos Protest Slideshow |
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 The Australian
Progam swaps bugs for food
| AFGHAN authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust plague that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents fo... (photo: creative commons / )
Afghanistan Food Government Insects Photos |
 Khaleej Times
Rising prices heap pressure on Afghanistan's destitute
| KABUL - Shamsuddin, his wife and their three children sit cross-legged on the floor around the cloth that Afghans traditionally eat off and use bread to pick from a sin... (photo: Public Domain)
Afghanistan Food Photos Poverty Prices |
 Canada Dot Com
Food crisis continues to get worse
| KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsin... (photo: AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool)
Afghanistan Drought Food Photos Poverty War |
 Asia Times
Iran woos Farsi-speaking nations
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | There are many interrelated reasons why the United States policy of isolating Iran has failed, one being the prominent regional role played by Te... (photo: WN.Jamal Penjweny)
Iran People Photos Politics USA |
 Asia Times
An oil-addicted ex-superpower
| By Michael T Klare | Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a politic... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Defence Oil Photos US USSR |
 The Australian
'Time to talk to Taliban'
| A KEY adviser and cousin of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has warned that fighting in the strife-torn country could drag on for 10 years or more unless the insurge... (photo: AP Photo )
Afghanistan Photos Politics Taliban Terrorism |
 The Manila Times
'al-Qaeda on the run'—Pakistan
By Dante 'Klink' Ang 2nd Executive Editor | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Even as military leaders here claim they have broken the terrorists' network and have the al-Qaeda on the... (photo: AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan Military Pakistan Photos Terrorism |
 The Manila Times
Wrong response aggravates Asia food crisis-ADB report
| Asia's response to tightening global grain supplies has worsened food | price inflation and uncertainty, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
Asia Food Inflation Photos Society |
 The Charlotte Observer
Guantanamo detainees spead word to boycott trials
By MICHAEL MELIA | Associated Press Writer | GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- | The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and ... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley)
Boycott Court Detainees Guantanamo Photos Slideshow |
 Canada Dot Com
Food becoming larger concern than security in Afghanistan
| KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsino... (photo: UNHCR / L.Slezic/Global Aware)
Afghanistan Export Photos Slideshow UN Wheat |
