FACTBOX-U.S. lawmakers' doubts about Afghanistan
02 Dec 2009 03:13:36 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress expressed reservations about President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy after he announced a plan to send an additional 30,000 U.S. ...
FACTBOX-Obama calibrates message to multiple audiences
02 Dec 2009 03:02:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was addressing U.S. army cadets at West Point and the entire nation on television as he unveiled his Afghan strategy on Tuesday night but his ...
Australia to re-introduce carbon laws to parliament
02 Dec 2009 02:47:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
CANBERRA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Wednesday the government would re-introduce its rejected carbon-trade laws into parliament in February 2
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Q+A-What does Obama Afghan strategy mean for Pakistan?
02 Dec 2009 02:31:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Zeeshan Haider
Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer to speed the battle against the Taliban and plans ...
Obama plan provides necessary Afghan resources-commander
02 Dec 2009 02:23:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
((For more on Afghanistan, click on: [ID:nAFPAK]))
KABUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for Afghanistan provides the resources needed to accomplish the military mission and ...
FACTBOX-Australia's carbon footprint
02 Dec 2009 02:01:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 2 - Australia's parliament rejected laws to set up a sweeping carbon emissions trade scheme on Wednesday, scuttling a key policy of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and setting a trigger for an early ...
Afghanistan: No Shortcuts to
Security
02 Dec 2009 02:00:57 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC, December 1, 2009) - US President Barack Obama's
new Afghanistan plan needs to strengthen civilian protection through ending the impunity and warlordism that have fuelled ...
Obama urges Pakistan to fight "cancer" of extremism
02 Dec 2009 01:58:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
(For more coverage of Afghanistan, click on [nAFPAK])
WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States would not tolerate Pakistan allowing its territory ...
Protected habitat proposed for rare Alaska whale
02 Dec 2009 01:57:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Over 3,000 square miles (7,770 sq kms) in Alaska would be protected as critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale, under a ...
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