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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008.
Gates   Photos   Politics   US   World
 Taipei Times 
Gates visits Kabul, warns of ‘hard fight’ still ahead
Tue 9 Mar 2010
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flew into Kabul on an unannounced visit yesterday, warning of “hard fighting” still ahead despite signs of progress in the eight-year war against Taliban... (photo: US DoD / Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force)
Robert Gates talks to Sailors during lunch
Afghanistan   Defense   Fighting   Photos   Taliban
 Voa News 
Gates Warns of "Hard Fighting" in Afghanistan
Mon 8 Mar 2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Kabul, where he says Afghan and international troops have "hard fighting" ahead of them. Speaking to reporters Monday, Gates praised recent NATO gains,... (photo: Public Domain / U.S. Navy photo)
An Iraqi woman casts her vote for the parliamentary election, at a polling center in Ramadi, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010.  Al Jazeera  Sun 7 Mar 2010
Iraq 'condemned' to democracy
As Iraqis go to the polls to cast ballots in the second parliamentary election since the US invasion in 2003, there is great trepidation among both foreign and domestic observers: Not only over... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Democracy   Election   Iraq   Photos   Vote
President Barack Obama, center, greets employees at the Red Cross Disaster Operation Center in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.  The New York Times  Sun 7 Mar 2010
Obama Wields Analysis of Insurers in Health Battle
WASHINGTON — To bolster the case for a far-reaching overhaul of the health care system, the Obama administration is seizing on a new analysis by Goldman Sachs, the New York investment bank,... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Health   Investment   Obama   Photos   Washington
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Journalists wait in front of the entrance of the district court in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Four men, Daniel Schneider, Attila Selek, Fritz Gelowicz and Adem Yilmaz are accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terror cell that plotted to attack U.S. targets in Germany. The New York Times Thu 4 Mar 2010
Four Convicted in German Terror Trial
Filed at 6:19 a.m. ET DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) -- Two German converts to Islam and two Turkish men were convicted Thursday over a foiled 2007 plot to attack U.S. targets... (photo: AP / dapd/Hermann J. Knippertz)
Germany   Intelligence   Photos   Terrorism   US
A female supporter of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cheers as she holds a banner showing him, at his final election campaign rally, on Azadi street in western Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. The New York Times Wed 3 Mar 2010
New Iran Sanctions Draft Circulated
UNITED NATIONS — The United States is circulating a draft resolution of new, tougher sanctions against Iran that concentrate on the banking, shipping and insurance... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Iran   Photos   Sanctions   UN   US
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gestures as he answers reporters during a press conference he gave on the opening day of the 48th Paris Air Show at the Bourget airport, Monday June 15, 2009. Daily Star Lebanon Sun 28 Feb 2010
Bombs won't fix Israel's problem
Monday, March 01, 2010 - Powered by Editorial Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was at it again during a weekend speech in Washington; while we acknowledge that he gave... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Bombs   Defense   Israel   Photos   Weekend
Adam Lambert performs during the closing act of the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) MTV Fri 26 Feb 2010
Adam Lambert Calls Olympic Skater Johnny Weir A 'Trailblazer'
Adam Lambert knows what it's like to be criticized for performing in a flamboyant way. And after Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir was criticized for being comfortable... (photo: AP / Matt Sayles)
Adam   Entertainment   Fashion   Olympic   Photos
"The Green Prince" - Confessions of a mole vex Hamas m&c Fri 26 Feb 2010
"The Green Prince" - Confessions of a mole vex Hamas (News Feature)
Tel Aviv/Ramallah - 'The report is fabricated,' was the only reaction of the woman who answered the telephone in the Ramallah home of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, for many years... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Hamas   Israel   Photos   Ramallah   Woman
In this image from television North Korean workers operate equipment at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Asia Times Fri 26 Feb 2010
Conflicting priorities on North Korea
By Donald Kirk SEOUL - Professor Wang Jisi of Beijing University may not speak for his government, the Communist Party or his country, but his view of efforts to get... (photo: AP)
Diplomacy   NKorea   Nuclear   Photos   Talks


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