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Corruption probe ruffles US-Afghan relations Herald Tribune | KABUL, Afghanistan - A bribery probe involving a top adviser to President Hamid Karzai has angered the Afghan leader and threatens to damage U.S. relations with Kabul just three months after a White House visit that seemed to smooth ties at a critical stage in the war. AC = 1234 | --> | Instead, t...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 22:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 09, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 09-Aug-10 22:00 ET | 19:29 | CWCO Consolidated Water misses by $0.14 (11.19 -0.14) | Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.07 per share, $0.14 worse than the Thomson Reuters dual-analyst est of $0.21; revenues fell 18% year/year to ...
Afghan bankers resign amid corruption allegations Gulf News | Kabul: Afghanistan's Central Bank Wednesday said the directors of one of the country's top private banks had resigned to meet new regulations but denied it had taken over the bank following media allegations of corruption. | Central Bank Governor A...
Uranium One sees ARMZ deal by yr-end after shareholder thumbs-up Mining Weekly | TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – With shareholder approval now in the bag, Uranium One expects to close the sale of a controlling interest in itself to Russian government-owned uranium miner Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) by the end of this year. | The comp...
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Barbara Boxer pushes for Afghan exit strategy San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 | (08-31) 17:37 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Barbara Boxer said Tuesday that she remains deeply concerned that "we don't yet have an exit strategy" in Afghanistan and promised she will "push hard" to make sure the White House produces a detailed pla...
City kids get lesson in bacon, bloodshed Fresno Bee | - Chicago Tribune Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/08/30/2059874/city-kids-get-lesson-in-bacon.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | 21st-century homesteading: More families seek simple, self-suffic...
Couple in Afghanistan is stoned for adultery by Taliban The Examiner | The Shari'a has been applied again in justice. In Afghanistan a young couple were stoned to death for adultery, the first confirmed stoning since the Taliban was deposed. But before we raise our voices in condemnation of the Taliban for applying th...
BP buys additional stake in ACG oil project in Caspian Sea Energy Business Review British oil company BP has purchased an additional interest in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil field development project located offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea from US-based Devon Energy. | The ACG field currently produces approximately 1...
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Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone Seattle Times COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan - | U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province. | Gates toured U.S. bases and met with troops in the thick of the fighting in Kandahar city and the Taliban haven of Zhari district, west of the cit...
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security The Star | LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim b...
