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 Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of commanding force from ISAF to NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Aug. 11, 2003. NATO took command of the 5,000-strong international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital on
Afghan   Culture   Government   Photos   US  
 The Examiner 
Former official: Afghan president hurting drug war
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The Bush administration underscored its continued support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday despite fresh allegations from a former U.S. anti-drug official that Ka... (photo: AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Medicines - Pills - Drugs Pharmaceutical - Pharmacy - Health
Afghanistan   Drug   Photos   Trade   US  
 Voa News 
Ex-US Official Charges Afghan Leader Protecting Drug Trade
| A former U.S. State Department official charges Afghanistan's drug trade is being protected by the country's top officials. | Thomas Schweich during interview with Associated PressThomas Schweich wr... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Wheat (sl1)  Canoe 
Sky-high wheat prices have Afghan farmers crowing it's better than opium
By Alexander Panetta, THE CANADIAN PRESS | Raz Mohammad, a wheat farmer, in Zaker Sharif, Dand District, Kandahar Province, July 17, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Alex Panetta | ZAKER SHARIF, Afghanistan ... (photo: Creative Commons)
Afghanistan   Opium   Photos   Prices   Wheat  
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Ehad Haam Street  IRINnews 
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
web | Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN TEL AVIV, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Experts say the number of foreign women trafficked to Israel has decreased, following a government crackdown on brothels employing traffic... (photo: Creative Commons)
Brothels   Israel   Photo   Photos   Trafficking   Women  
Top Stories
 Iran´s top nuclear envoy Ali Larijani, right, Javier Solana, the European Union´s senior Foreign Policy official, left, and Turkey´s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul during joint news conference following a meeting in Gul´s residence Canada Dot Com
Rice wants "serious answer" from Iran
| SHANNON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Monday that it faced more sanctions if it defied a two-week deadline to agree to curb its nu... (photo: AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Condoleezza rice   Economy   Iran   Nuclear   Photos  
Corn Farm                             Daily Star Lebanon
Gulf states look to harvest food from foreign investment
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, July 21, 2008 | Ali Khalil | Agence France Press | DUBAI: Faced with a scarcity of fertile land, water shortages and surging wor... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Business   Food   Gulf   Photos   States  
PENTAGON BRIEFING - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters at the Pentagon on the way ahead in Iraq, April 11, 2008. San Diego
Mullen worries about troop withdrawal timeline
WASHINGTON - A fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq could jeopardize political and economic progress, the Pentagon's top military officer said Sun... (photo: Defense Dept. / U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley )
Combat   Iraq   Photos   Security   Washington  
 Senator Barack Obama speaks at a charity event in New York, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)   (js1) Star Tribune
Barack Obama offers support for security, reconstruction in Afghan region beset by insurgents
| KABUL, Afghanistan - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaid... (photo: AP/Seth Wenig)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Politics   US  
Flour - Wheat - Grain. (ps1) Dawn
PESHAWAR: 19pc hike in 20kg flour bag price in two weeks
| By Ali Hazrat Bacha | PESHAWAR, July 17: The price of 20kg flour bag went up by 19 per cent over the past two weeks in the provincial capital, officials and dealers sai... (photo: WN / patricia)
Flour   Food   Market   Photos   Price  
Business & Economy Money & Finance
- Protectionism goes into reverse
- Former official: Afghan president hurting drug war
- Ex-US Official Charges Afghan Leader Protecting Drug Trade
- Ex U.S. official: Afghan leader shields drug trade
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of commanding force from ISAF to NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Aug. 11, 2003. NATO took command of the 5,000-strong international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital on
Former official: Afghan president hurting drug war
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- Protectionism goes into reverse
- Ex-US Official Charges Afghan Leader Protecting Drug Trade
- Ex U.S. official: Afghan leader shields drug trade
- Is Afghanistan a narco-state?
Medicines - Pills - Drugs Pharmaceutical - Pharmacy - Health
Ex-US Official Charges Afghan Leader Protecting Drug Trade
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Energy & Industry Debt & Poverty
- Tough sell: Touring audacious Afghanistan
- Karachaganak oil now subject to export tax
- CNPC seeks loans to fund Central Asia-China gas pipeline con
- Gazprom Neft eyeing stake in Kazakh oil and gas company
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting in the Moscow Kremlin, Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Medvedev dismissed Russia's top military officer Tuesday in an apparent effort to assert Kremlin control over the armed forces and smooth the path for reforms.
Russia's strengthens clout with energy Moscow's continued focus on energy issues indicates that decision makers ...
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- ISRAEL-OPT: Nearly half of Gazans unemployed - UNRWA report
- CNPC seeks loans to fund Central Asia-China gas pipeline con
- Research and Markets: Kazakhstan Insurance Report 2008 Avail
- Obama has a message for Europe
Palestinian police in Gaza City
ISRAEL-OPT: Nearly half of Gazans unemployed - UNRWA report
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Farming & Agriculture Health & Science
- Protectionism goes into reverse
- Is Afghanistan a narco-state?
- Sky-high wheat prices have Afghan farmers crowing it's b
- Sky-high wheat prices have Afghan farmers crowing
 Infantrymen march carefully through a poppy field while searching for Taliban fighters and weapons caches that could be used against U.S. and allied forces in the Daychopan Province, Afghanistan. The Soldiers are assigned Company A, 2nd Battalion 22nd In
Is Afghanistan a narco-state?
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- Irishman hurt in Afghan blast 'recovering well'
- British soldier killed in Afghanistan
- ISRAEL: Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
- Our dangerous enemy, not only America's most wanted
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Ehad Haam Street
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
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Terrorism Political
- For Iran, respect above all else
- NATO chief says Pakistan terror sanctuaries not acceptable
- 50 Taliban, 7 cops killed
- 34 Taliban killed in Afghanistan clash: Ministry
Afghan National Army military police trainees practice vehicle mount and dismount drills at Kabul Military Training Center under ANA and Task Force Phoenix Headquarters Security Support Command supervision, June 4, 2007, Afghanistan.
50 Taliban, seven cops killed in Afghanistan
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- For Iran, respect above all else
- None so blind as a politician who sees for himself
- Obama addresses 100,000 people in Berlin as he calls for 
- NATO chief says will not hunt Taliban in Pakistan
Merkel: Ich erwarte ein hohes Ma an Kontinuitt
Obama addresses 100,000 people in Berlin as he calls for 'walls between Christians, Muslims and Jews to come down'
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