UN, Iraq, Afghanistan and Nepal

Mohan Nepali 3 weeks ago Region: Nepal

Speaking in a special press conference at the Headquarters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today regretted over the attack on the UN mission and the losses caused.  He condemned the attack as a “shocking and s... more

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Obama Meets With Iraq's al Maliki: Restates Bush's 2010-2011 Timetable For Troop Withdrawals

Betsy Ross a month ago Region: United States

The AP reported today that in a meeting with Iraq's president, Nouri al-Maliki, Mr. Obama reiterated the terms of the agreement reached in the last 100 days of the Bush Administration for American troop withdrawals beginni... more

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Civilian Contractor Toll in Iraq and Afghanistan Ignored by Defense Dept.

ProPublica a month ago Region: Afghanistan

An Afghan policeman walks past a vehicle that had carried U.S. civilian contractors, after it was targeted by a suicide bomber in the Logar province. (Farzana Wahidy/AFP/Getty Images/January 2007 file photo) As the war ... more

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Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets

ProPublica 2 months ago Region: Iraq

EDT Last spring, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq got a makeover,replacing the scandal-plagued Blackwater private security company with a firm named Triple Canopy. The new $1 billion contract cemented T... more

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In Iraq, a Shoeshine Boy’s Brush With Danger

IWPR 2 months ago Region: Iraq

Iraqi teenager’s story of survival on the mean streets of Shia city. By Wisam Tahir in Nasiriya (ICR No. 304, 07-Sep-09) Shining shoes for a living outside government offices, Ali knows more than most 13-year-ol... more

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Syria Briefing Syria home Syria-Iraq Ties Cool Over Bomb Charges

IWPR 2 months ago Region: Syrian Arab Republic

Ambassadors recalled just as relations were getting better. By an IWPR-trained reporter (SB No. 73, 28-Aug-09) A row over charges by Baghdad that Damascus is harbouring former Iraqi cadres responsible for the latest d... more

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China acquires Nippon Oil

Wang Fangqing 4 months ago Region: China

 The Chinese government has approved China National Petroleum Corp to buy 49 percent shares in its Japanese counterpart - Nippon Oil Corp to set up a joint venture in Japan.   The JV will refine the crude o... more

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New Wave of Violence Against Iraqi Gays

IWPR 4 months ago Region: Iraq

Rights advocate speaks of an "extraordinarily brutal campaign", saying hundreds may have been killed in last few months. By IWPR trainees in Baghdad (ICR No. 295, 3-July-09) Iraqi gays are being targeted and killed in... more

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Iraq: Ideology a must for independence

Mohan Nepali 4 months ago Region: Iraq

The withdrawal of US troops from cities—not a bad thing in general—has for the time being pleased many in Iraq and USA. Ordinary civilians in Iraq want an end to the foreign occupation of their land on the one ... more

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Cognitive State of War

Laura McCallum 6 months ago Region: Afghanistan

A young man turns soldier on the way to a war, everyday there's more gore and blood then he prepares for, still, he wakes up and makes sure he's still in one piece, while he's told to pay off the Iraqi police. When he sti... more

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