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Philippine troops arrest dozens under martial law

Philippine troops arrested 62 people and discovered another major weapons cache today after martial law was imposed in a southern province following the country's worst political massacre.

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Help the girls going to school in the shadow of the bombers

Sunday, 6 December 2009

The IoS Christmas Appeal: The Taliban have been driven out of Buner in Pakistan but life is far from normal.

Accidental blast in Peshawar kills three

Saturday, 5 December 2009

An accidental explosion ripped through a store in northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least three people and trapping others in a separate building that caught fire, police said — rattling nerves in a city repeatedly pounded with militant attacks.

Pakistan trial of Mumbai attack suspects delayed

Saturday, 5 December 2009

A trial of seven Pakistanis suspected in last year's attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai was delayed after lawyers went on strike to protest against a militant attack near Pakistan's military headquarters.

Pakistani troops inspect the debris after suicide bombers and gunmen killed 40 people in a Rawalpindi mosqu

Taliban strikes heart of the Pakistani army

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Forty people killed in gun, grenade and suicide bomb attack in garrison quarter

The al-Qa'ida leader,  Osama bin Laden, was thought to be in Pakistan, but officials deny this

Bin Laden not in our country, says Pakistan

Friday, 4 December 2009

Brown's claim that country is not doing enough to find al-Qa'ida leader is rejected

Miliband challenges NATO allies over Afghanistan troops

Friday, 4 December 2009

Foreign Secretary David Miliband today challenged the rest of the Nato allies to do "the maximum possible" to support efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.

Sandra Gregory is released from a Thai prison in 2000, after she had served seven years of a 25-year sentence after being caught with heroin at Bangkok Airport

Drug-smuggler Gregory returns to Thailand and is deported

Friday, 4 December 2009

Briton pays unexpected visit to country where she was sentenced to death

General Sir David Richards urged the public to support the war in Afghanistan

Support the Afghan war, says Army chief

Friday, 4 December 2009

The head of the British Army says the war in Afghanistan will become "unsustainable" unless it has support back home, and more must be done to make up for past failures to persuade the public of the justification for the mission.

Primark's once again faces claims that it exploits sweatshop labour

Primark faces new claims that it uses sweatshop labour

Friday, 4 December 2009

2005: Primark named least ethical clothing company by 'Ethical Consumer' magazine. Primark says it has a code of conduct for suppliers which is independently audited abroad
2006: War on Want report finds child labourers in Bangladesh making Primark clothes for 3p an hour. Allegations of beating and sexual harrassment are made. Primarkasks for details and says it will investigate
2008: BBC's Panorama finds Primark using child labourers working gruelling hours in slum workshops and refugee camps. Primark blames third party suppliers and says itwill tighten controls on contractors

Suicide bombers kill 35 in Pakistan

Friday, 4 December 2009

Attackers stormed a mosque during Friday prayers spraying gunfire and throwing grenades before blowing themselves up.

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