W.House: to work with Congress on Afghan war funds
01 Dec 2009 22:51:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Obama administration will will work with the U.S. Congress to secure any additional funding needed to pay for the increase in U.S. troops planned for Afghanistan, an ...
France mulls boosting training in Afghanistan
01 Dec 2009 22:45:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
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PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - France is considering boosting its presence in Afghanistan, possibly to train local security forces, in response to a ...
Argentine gay couple vows to reverse marriage ban
01 Dec 2009 22:35:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
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By Luis Andres Henao
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A gay Argentine couple vowed to keep fighting for the right to get married after a last-minute court ruling ...
Q+A-Lifting the veil on Obama's Afghan strategy
01 Dec 2009 22:34:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ross Colvin
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan in a prime-time televised speech on Tuesday. But in the hours beforehand, ...
US troop increase cost $25-30 bln in 2010-official
01 Dec 2009 22:28:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan will incur military costs of $25 billion to $30 billion in fiscal year 2010, ...
LATIN AMERICA: Summit Does Not Recognise Elections in Honduras
Source: IPS
The hard-line stance taken by Brazil, Argentina and most other Latin American countries has clashed with U.S. efforts to push for
international recognition of the elections organised Sunday by the de facto regime in power in Honduras since the Jun. 28 coup.
Fellow Iraqi turns tables on Bush shoe-thrower
01 Dec 2009 22:05:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - An Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris on Tuesday.
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New US troops to arrive in Afghanistan by end-Aug
01 Dec 2009 21:59:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Pentagon expects all of the 30,000 additional U.S. troops being deployed to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama to arrive by the end of August, officials said on ...
Obama calls Karzai, sets timetable to evaluate goals
01 Dec 2009 21:44:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about security on Monday and said U.S. efforts in Afghanistan would be measured against goals over a ...
White House sees more NATO troops for Afghanistan
01 Dec 2009 20:34:48 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama expects NATO to announce on Friday a "significant number" of fresh troops for Afghanistan, an administration official said.
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