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Wife's fears for general imprisoned in Sri Lanka
Anoma Fonseka tells Andrew Buncombe she has been kept in the dark about the whereabouts of the defeated candidate.
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Karaoke fans abandon 'My Way' after singers face the final curtain
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
By Andrew Buncombe
Sri Lankan general who stood for power arrested
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Defeated presidential candidate accused of plotting to overthrow the President in military coup
Afghanistan: A new role for British troops
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
This time last year Major Tom Bewick was scrambling along a ditch under heavy Taliban mortar and rocket fire in hours of rolling, close quarter combat in the heart of the Helmand badlands.
Afghan avalanches kill at least 28
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said today.
Earthquake activist sentenced in China
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
A Chinese court today sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.
Nato warns Afghans to keep 'heads down'
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Nato and Afghan officials today urged Taliban militants holding a southern town to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads down" as US and Afghan troops prepare their first major offensive of the US. troop surge.
Nato's show of force is also about winning hearts and minds
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The decision to publicise the imminent offensive in Afghanistan is all part of the strategy, says Kim Sengupta
Afghan death toll passes that of Falklands War
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The death of a soldier in Afghanistan yesterday took the number of fatalities in the conflict to 256, meaning more British service personnel have died in action in Afghanistan than during the 1982 Falklands war.
India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
In a country where so many people go hungry, it is a dark irony that up to 30 per cent of the fruit and vegetables grown in India goes bad before reaching the market thanks to a combination of bad roads and a lack of refrigerated trucks.
Britain 'must hold resolve' in Afghanistan, minister warns
Monday, 8 February 2010
Britain must hold its resolve in Afghanistan, the Defence Secretary insisted today, as the UK death toll equalled that of the Falklands War.
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