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Two more soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Criticism of the resources provided to British forces in Afghanistan intensified as another two soldiers were killed, taking the death toll to nine in nine days.

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Law will let Afghan husbands starve wives who withhold sex

Friday, 10 July 2009

An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex.

China calls on members of Party to quell violence

Friday, 10 July 2009

China's leaders vowed to maintain stability in the west of the country yesterday in their first public comments on the ethnic riots that killed more than 150 people. Later, 8,000 troops took part in a show of force, marching through an area of the Xinjiang province's capital that was among the worst hit by the violence.

After days of ethnic riots, China deployed thousands of soldiers on the streets of Urumqi, after President Hu Jintao returned from the G8 summit in Italy to take charge of the situation

Soldiers storm city in turmoil

Thursday, 9 July 2009

China's President Hu Jintao abandons G8 summit as paramilitary take over streets

Family berate murder suspect's parents

Thursday, 9 July 2009

The family of a teacher murdered in Japan pleaded with her suspected killer's parents to "redeem some self-respect" and help to trace him.

Women's rights 'in decline' in Afghanistan

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Women in Afghanistan are facing increasing violence almost eight years after the fall of the Taliban, a UN report showed today.

Clegg: Lives 'thrown away' in Afghanistan

Thursday, 9 July 2009

The cross-party consensus on Afghanistan was rocked today after the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg criticised the Government's handling of the campaign.

Asiatic cheetahs are confined to Iran after extensive hunting in
India

Spotted again? India wants to bring back the cheetah

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Andrew Buncombe: A Mughal Emperor kept more than 1,000 for hunting, but the big cat was declared extinct in the country 60 years ago.

David Kilcullen

The man helping to shape a new Afghanistan strategy

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Australian army colonel David Kilcullen played an important role in shaping US strategy in the 'war on terror'. Now his talents are being put to the test again.

Detained doctors recant Sri Lanka death reports

Thursday, 9 July 2009

A group of Sri Lankan doctors who have been in police custody for nearly two months were brought before the media yesterday to recant their reports of mass civilian casualties during the final days of the civil war.

Ben Chu: Pakistan ends its state of denial

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Like Israel's nuclear weapons, the links between the Pakistani security services and the terrorist groups which operate in that country have long been public knowledge but never officially admitted. Until now, that is.

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