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Hamid Karzai

Karzai heads murdered brother’s funeral

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has led mourners at the funeral of Ahmed Wali Karzai, his influential younger half-brother, who was assassinated on Tuesday afternoon in Kandahar by a member of his own security team.

Are Reports of Gaddafi's Imminent Departure Just Propaganda?

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According to U.S officials, rebel forces that captured towns from Nalut to Kikla in Libya's western Nafusa Mountains managed to cut a vital crude oil pipeline that feeds one of the government's major refineries in the town of al-Zawiya, greatly impeding the Libyan government's ability to continue fighting the rebels.
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Muammar Gaddafi

Is Gaddafi Preparing to Step Down?

France acknowledges that it is growing impatient with the lack of progress on reaching a political solution to the crisis in Libya, but officials denied Paris is in talks with Gaddafi's government or could consider him not quitting power.
Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai brother killed

An Afghan official says Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother has been killed in southern Afghanistan the Associated Press reported. Zalmai Ayubi, the spokesman for Kandahar province, says that Ahmad Wali Karzai was shot dead on Tuesday.
Taliban Soldiers

Taliban Trying to Sabotage Afghan Transition: U.K military official

Following a surge of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, British army and commanders have said that despite the insurgents' attempt to sabotage the security handover in the southern Helmand province, Afghan police and troops can protect the area after a year of preparation, and training.
China Increases Internet Surveillance

Africa and now Pakistan: Is The U.S Losing Ground to China?

China has recently been at the forefront of the International scene as it leads a diplomatic offensive which proves that it wants to enlarge its sphere of influence further away from the Asian pacific zone.With the Libyan conflict, China has broken away from one of its golden rule by formally recognizing the rebels' National Council and getting actively involved in peace talks, thus interfering in a country's domestic affairs.
Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann signs controversial marriage pact suggesting black families led better lives during slavery

Michele Bachmann's signing of "The Marriage Vow" pledge, supported by the Christian values group The Family Leader was met with outrage over the weekend and threatens to derail the tea-party darling's Republican nomination campaign. The nominee from Minnesota had been doing so well. She was almost level with Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination after a strong performance in the first Republican debate last month. She had even managed to generally avoiding the campaign gaffes that derai...
News of the World

News of the World –From scandal to closure

Thank you and goodbye read the final headline of the 168-year-old iconic Sunday tabloid, a rather ironic polite choice of words, given the crude nature of its closing yesterday.