Abdullah Quits, Karzai Secure, US Approves:Afghanistan

The voting drama seems to be ending in Kabul, former foreign minister and presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah quit the contest, scheduled this week. This move removed the hurdle from the path of Karzai. Meanwhile White House approved the move. " President Hamid Karzai...

Karzai Rival Says He Is Withdrawing From Runoff

This causes a big problem for President Obama, without an elected government Afghanistan can not be handed over.  " KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai,...

Karzai increases lead to 46.2% - 35% of polling stations counted

With 35% of the polling stations now counted, President Hamid Karzai leads the election with 46.2%, still short of the 50% threshold. His closest competitor Abdullah Abdullah has about 31.4% of the vote. If...

Obama Presents Saudi King With 2009 Chevy Malibu

While not exactly breaking news, I ran into this story (word for word and un credited) as news in a local publication, and went looking for further information and substantiation on the internet. "In his first...

King, American President Talk of 57 States

Though speaking almost one year apart, King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Barack Obama seem to have a penchant for the concept of 57 states. In a TimesOnline article this morning about prospects of Middle...

British Muslim leader signs Istanbul declaration

I wonder what the Brits are going to do? " LONDON (JTA) -- A leading British Muslim reportedly has joined a call to attack those who prevent smuggling arms to Hamas in Gaza. A report published in London claims that Dr. Daud Abdullah is one of about 90 Muslim leaders from...

Ga. Judge Jails Muslim Woman Over Head Scarf

Religious freedom or judges control of a courtroom? A difficult choice. Judges have the power to set and enforce rules for their courtrooms,  for behavior, language, dress. Should an exception be made for...

Israeli Beduins claim link to Obama

Another Tribe claims President-Elect Obama has roots in the Midle-East. What next? "President-elect Barack Obama made history last week when he became the first African-American to be elected into the White...

Pakistan incurred $34.5 bn losses in war against terror: FM

"NEW YORK: Pakistan suffered huge losses, amounting to US $34.5 billion, since 2001 for its role in the war against terror and wants regional ownership of the crisis in a bid to bring peace and stability to the troubled region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said...

Karzai's brother 'met ex-Taleban'

After the New York Times alleged that brother of afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is involved in opium trading, now this new revelation will even make him more embarrassed. President's brother is accused of having met the Taliban representative. "The Afghan president's...

Source: Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

Oh that will really do a lot of good. It's like catching Bin Laden and Bush planning further attacks on America."LONDON, England (CNN) -- In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant...

Three Convicted in UK Airline Terror Plot

Three men have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder in a UK terrorist plot to bomb flights over the Atlantic in 2006. "The jury sitting in the trial of eight men accused over an alleged terrorist plot to...

Troops seize 15 MILF camps

"MANILA -- Thousands of troops backed by air and artillery fire have captured 15 strongholds of the Moro rebels in the southern Philippines after five days of intense fighting, officials said Monday. More than 272,000 villagers have also fled their homes due to the ongoing...

Iraq: Arrested Al-Quaida Suspects Connected to Kidnap of US Journalist Now Li...

It has been revealed that the man arrested as the suspected mastermind behind the kidnapping of US journalist, Jill Carroll in 2006 was arrested with a second, senior Al-Quaida suspect.   Salim Abdalla...

Troops penetrate Moro rebels' camp

A Correction to my story yesterday, of which was a problem of my bad understanding of Tagalog, sorry that I reported incorrectly about MILF surrender. I have since deleted the story has it has no value on the facts of this Filipino struggle. . "ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government...

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