Politics

Halts of Yemen transfers likely to slow Guantanamo closure - 01/10/2010

WASHINGTON, Lucile Malandain- Two weeks before the date set for Guantanamo's closure, the notorious prison for "war on terror" detainees remains open, and a pause in returning inmates to Yemen will...

Ex-CIA chief to lead probe of intelligence failures: Blair - 01/09/2010

WASHINGTON- The head of national intelligence on Friday named a former CIA director to lead a probe into US intelligence failures exposed by an Al-Qaeda attack on an airliner and a shooting rampage...

I don't need favour of foreign powers: Afghanistan's Karzai - 01/09/2010

KABUL, Lynne O'Donnell - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, whose fragile government is propped up by more than 100,000 foreign troops, said Friday he does not need "the favour" of the...

Jordan acknowledges counter-terror role in Afghanistan - 01/09/2010

WASHINGTON - Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Friday openly acknowledged that Jordan had a counter-terrorism role in Afghanistan and planned to enhance operations there. Jordan's...

Airline plot 'buck stops with me' : Obama - 01/07/2010

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson - US President Barack Obama declared Thursday "the buck stops with me" over huge intelligence flaws exposed by an Al-Qaeda attack on a US jet and vowed sweeping and...

British PM dismisses plot as 'storm in a teacup' - 01/07/2010

LONDON, Michael Thurston - Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed as a "storm in a teacup" Thursday a new plot questioning his leadership, a few months before a general election....

Development aid key to terrorism fight: Clinton - 01/07/2010

WASHINGTON, Christophe Schmidt- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an impassioned appeal Wednesday for greater US international development aid, saying it was vital to US and global security...

World must act now to prevent new Sudan war, aid agencies warn - 01/07/2010

LONDON - Southern Sudan could descend into a new war unless the world community takes action to salvage the peace accord that ended one of Africa's longest conflicts five years ago, aid agencies...

Clinton, Jordanian counterpart to meet Friday - 01/07/2010

WASHINGTON - Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Jawdeh will meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here Friday, the Jordanian embassy said Wednesday, amid reports that a Jordanian was behind a...

Obama lashes US intelligence failures - 01/05/2010

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson - An angry President Barack Obama warned Tuesday he would not tolerate failures by US spy agencies to connect the dots on intelligence that could have uncovered the...
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