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David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the...
It is difficult and expensive to travel to Jaffna (Photos: Ananda Jayasekara) It has been six months since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, but normality has yet to return to the Tamil cultural heartland of Jaffna,...
Political parties representing minority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka are holding talks in Switzerland, the first since the conflict ended in May. Sri Lanka's social welfare minister said they aim to find a shared position on...
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity said the former Georgian republic "anticipates" its recognition by Belarus, but "do not insist" on an immediate decision. "We are tied by a long...
British forces will pull out of Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the Allied victory in World War Two, as part of a Tory defence "revolution" being drawn up by Dr Liam Fox. Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary Photo:...
One can only fear for Tony Blair after last Thursday's European summit at Brussels. For the truth is that evidence continues to amass that, under the Blair premiership, the British state was responsible, at times, for some...
Listening to Justin Webb stuttering himself into silence on Today yesterday morning was a reminder of how poorly trained London-based journalists are on how Europe works. Webb was a master of Capitol Hill in Washington and...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 YOU may know al-Qaeda wants to kill you, but does al-Shabaab, the Islamic militia fighting the UN-backed government of Somalia, perceive the West as a direct enemy? And does the Eastern...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 A Change In Altitude By Anita Shreve Little, Brown, 291pp, £16.99 BEING a prolific writer can count against you. The last few years have seen a new Anita Shreve novel on the shelves annually...
Published Date: 20 November 2009 A WEST Norfolk woman's dream African holiday took a horrifying twist when her campsite was raided by machete-wielding thieves who cut the throat of a fellow traveller. Linda Hall (57) was...
