U.S. deploying heavily armored battle tanks for first time in Afghan war
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 19, 2010
The U.S. military is sending a contingent of heavily armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war, defense...
After NATO Summit, U.S. To Intensify Military Drive Into Asia
Barack Obama, the latest rotating imperator of the first global empire, will arrive in Lisbon on November 19 to receive the plaudits of 27 North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies and secure their continued fealty on issues...
Sweden Seeks WikiLeaks Founder in Suspected Rape
Nov. 18, 2010
A Swedish prosecutor wants to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in connection with a string of sex attacks.
A judge will likely decide this afternoon whether Assange should be held for questioning on suspicion of rape...
Can NATO Modernize Before it Becomes Obsolete?
By Leo Cendrowicz / Brussels
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) brands itself as the most successful military alliance in history, a bulwark of freedom and democracy for 61 years, and the coalition that won...
Obama's Mideast Gambit: What Could Change in Three Months?
By Tony Karon
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II of Jordan gather...
The New Rules: Globalization's Massive Demographic Bet
Thomas P.M. Barnett
By calling the Chinese out explicitly on their currency manipulation in his concluding address to the G-20 summit last week, President Barack Obama may have torpedoed his relationship with Beijing for the remainder...
We had to destroy [the Afghan villages] to make them safe
Hundreds and maybe thousands of Afghan homes are being bulldozed, blown up or hit by missile strikes in the effort to drive the Taliban out of the Kandahar region. As well as individual houses, whole villages have been destroyed. We...
U.S. Announces Accelerated Disbursement of Kerry-Lugar-Berman Funds at Pakistan Development Forum
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 18, 2010
On November 14-15, the Government of Pakistan hosted over 30 countries and international organizations at the Pakistan Development...
Obama, advisors discuss progress in US-Pak talks
Friday, November 19, 2010
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama received an update on Afghanistan and Pakistan at a White House monthly meeting, which also discussed progress made at the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in working with Islamabad...
Palin Says She Could Beat Obama in 2012 Presidential Election
By Nicholas Johnston
November 17, 2010
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said she believes she could beat President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election and is considering whether to run.
Palin said in an ABC News...
New laser surgery frees eye patients from clumsy glasses
Thursday, November 18, 2010
LONDON: You may have noticed that a growing number of Kenyan CEOs no longer peer at the world through thick glasses.
This is because they have all parted with over Sh120,000 to correct their visual...
EXERCISE CAMBRIAN PATROL UNITED KINGDOM - Pakistan Army team stood first in the event amongst 70 British and 16 teams from other countries of the world including USA, Canada, Germany, France and India etc.
Special Dua at GHQ And Eid Mubarak!
Submitted by HQ on November 17, 2010
Rawalpindi, November 17: Special Dua for the unity, solidarity and sovereignty of Pakistan was offered at Eid congregations in all military garrisons and establishments as the Pakistan Armed Forces joined the nation...