11 Dec 2009 12:17:30 GMT U.N. Afghan envoy to step down on schedule in March (For more on Afghanistan, click [nAFPAK])
KABUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The top U.N. official in Afghanistan plans to step down in March when his contract is scheduled to end and has asked Secretary- ...
11 Dec 2009 12:12:21 GMT HIV sex accused given date for trial
ALLEGED HIV sex predator Stuart McDonald will stand trial next July, accused of deliberately infecting men with the potentially fatal virus.
11 Dec 2009 12:12:21 GMT Tally of Afghan deaths strictly off the record
AUSTRALIAN troops in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of enemy fighters, but Defence keeps no record of the deadly tally.
The top brass does not even provide the Government with progress reports about the number of insurgents that its Task ...
11 Dec 2009 12:12:21 GMT EAST TIMOR More troops coming home
AUSTRALIA continues to reduce its troop numbers in a more peaceful East Timor with 100 soldiers set to return home by Christmas.
Defence Minister John Faulkner, above, said Australia's contribution to the International Stabilisation Force ...
11 Dec 2009 12:12:20 GMT Hot air raises carbon stakes
THE Federal Government has leapt on what it claims is a $250 billion gaffe by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott on the impact of emissions cuts, but it has problems of its own in Copenhagen.
11 Dec 2009 12:08:00 GMT The AlertNet Challenge Test your knowledge of recent humanitarian news with our weekly quiz ...
11 Dec 2009 12:08:00 GMT The AlertNet Challenge Test your knowledge of recent humanitarian news with our weekly quiz ...
11 Dec 2009 12:06:12 GMT Mothers-to-be who don't get flu jab 'putting babies at risk'
THOUSANDS of pregnant women are putting the health of their unborn babies at risk by failing to get vaccinated against swine flu, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon warned yesterday.
11 Dec 2009 12:04:30 GMT I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE. IT'S DARK AND GOES 'BEEP'; RICHARD LITTLEJOHN
JUST before Newsnight on Wednesday evening, there was a loud bang and the lights went out. Well, I say 'just before Newsnight'Ö Actually, as I couldn't stomach yet another wristslashing analysis of Alistair Darling's preelection statement ...
