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24 Nov 2009 17:28:56 GMT
Obama says will announce Afghan plan soon
WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will announce a new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan soon and that his intention will be to have a plan to "finish the job& ...

24 Nov 2009 17:20:04 GMT
National: Extra cash announced for emergency repairs as residents return to count the cost of floods: Safety fears hinder work to fix Cumbria's roads: Storms claim third victim as Sussex driver hit by tree
Millions of pounds of funds for bridge and road repairs in Cumbria were announced yesterday as residents returned to soaked and stinking properties for the first time since the floods.

24 Nov 2009 17:20:03 GMT
G2: After the fall: Six bridges have been washed away in Cumbria by the floods. How worried should we be about the strength of others spanning Britain's rivers? Emine Saner reports
When Workington's Northside bridge, the Victorian stone structure that used to span the River Derwent in Cumbria, had its routine check in July last year, no reason was found to suppose it wouldn't last another 100 years. Then came last ...

24 Nov 2009 17:20:03 GMT
G2: The mystery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui: A Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of three is to stand trial in New York for attempted murder. But many shadowy questions about her life remain: what are her links to al-Qaida, where was she during five 'lost' years, and is she a victim of American brutality? Declan Walsh reports
On a hot summer morning 18 months ago a team of four Americans - two FBI agents and two army officers - rolled into Ghazni, a dusty town 50 miles south of Kabul. They had come to interview two unusual prisoners: a woman in a burka and her ...

24 Nov 2009 17:20:03 GMT
Special Report: Yemen: Scared, hungry, displaced: caught up in Middle East's forgotten war: A long-running conflict between rebels and government forces has entered a dangerous phase with attacks by Saudi forces forcing thousands of families into overcrowded refugee camps
Eyelashes still thick with the dust of a three-day journey, Nasser Mohammed stood with his family amid the plastic pots and bright blankets of the recently uprooted as children and old men gathered around the tent to hear his story.

24 Nov 2009 17:20:03 GMT
Special Report: Yemen: Analysis Border strategies Middle East's bitter regional and sectarian rivalries help to escalate local conflict
Saudi bombing raids on rebel positions inside Yemen represent a significant escalation of a local conflict that has become entangled in wider regional rivalries with alarming sectarian undertones.

24 Nov 2009 17:20:02 GMT
Front: Tories pledge 10% cut in government emissions
The Conservatives today make an ambitious pitch to win the environmental vote with a package of measures including plans to pay the public to recycle and a promise to cut government emissions by 10% within 12 months of taking office.

24 Nov 2009 17:20:02 GMT
Front: Chilcot inquiry: Back to Baghdad: how - and why - did Britain go to war?: Iraq inquiry gets under way amid fears that its scope is too broad and its powers limited
The long-awaited inquiry into one of the most contentious decisions taken by a British government in modern times opens today, with the task of uncovering how and why the country went to war against Iraq.

24 Nov 2009 17:20:02 GMT
Front: Chilcot enquiry: Expert view: A question of legality
Today's public hearing marks the culmination of months of speculation as to whether the Chilcot inquiry will address the most sensitive issues surrounding the war in Iraq. The inquiry is the third in Britain to look into aspects of the Iraq ...

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