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Last Taliban stronghold captured by Pakistan army
Saturday, 7 November 2009
House of slain militant commander demolished in symbolic revenge
Manmade snowfall drives Beijing to distraction
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Beijingers are watching the sky apprehensively this weekend after an unexpected, artificially induced snowstorm last weekend caused havoc and led to an outraged response from citizens, who were given no warning.
Indian nanny rented out baby to beggars
Saturday, 7 November 2009
When Anamika Joshi came home from work in the evening, she could not understand why her seven-month-old son was so drowsy and lethargic. Then one day she came home early to discover her child missing and the nanny she had employed to look after him casually watching television.
Taliban say they have bodies of two foreign troops
Friday, 6 November 2009
Militants say they recovered bodies of the soldiers on Wednesday.
Third key Taliban town falls to Pakistan army
Friday, 6 November 2009
Pakistani troops entered the last of three Taliban strongholds targeted in a major offensive in the north-west today.
Frustration mounts over Obama's fatal indecision
Friday, 6 November 2009
As Gordon Brown defends Britain's Afghan mission as US comes under pressure to decide on strategy
Taliban 'welcomed killer with garlands of flowers'
Friday, 6 November 2009
The Afghan police officer who shot dead five British soldiers in Helmand on Tuesday approached the Taliban two months ago to offer his services and sought refuge with the insurgents after carrying out the killings, Afghan security sources said yesterday.
UN to pull its staff out of Afghanistan
Friday, 6 November 2009
Insurgent attacks see 600 workers evacuated – and they may never come back
Dalai Lama's monastery visit angers Chinese
Friday, 6 November 2009
High in the Himalayas, the biggest Buddhist monastery in India is preparing for a visit from the Dalai Lama that is set to anger and antagonise China as much as it will delight the red-robed monks that he meets.
Olympic condoms (and some torches) offered to highest bidders
Friday, 6 November 2009
There was apparently not quite as much fun and games being played as expected by organizers at last year's Beijing Olympics with news breaking that a stash of 5,000 leftover "Olympic condoms'' will be placed up for auction.
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