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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's opposition stepped up efforts Tuesday to force an early election by stalling key bills including help for struggling banks, a strategy that threatens to further paralyse an economy in recession.
The president wants to reach out to moderate Taleban elements Taleban militants in Afghanistan have rejected an offer of peace talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. They have said that there can be no negotiations until...
More than 300 soldiers are due to march through an Essex town to mark their return from Afghanistan and to remember those who did not come home. Troops from the Colchester-based 16 Air Assault Brigade are taking part in a...
The Islamist group issues a video threatening attacks on Paris unless French troops pull out of Afghanistan. The video was aired by the Al Arabiya television channel on Monday although it is not clear when the footage was shot
Camari Babakobau widow of Pte Ratu Sakeasi Babakobau, who died in May Three hundred British troops have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in seven years - a death toll film-maker Morgan Matthews set out to honour in a...
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini ruled out dialogue with Palestinian militant group Hamas and called for greater efforts in Afghanistan during a round-table debate in London on Monday. read more
