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Asia Times Fri 3 Jul 2009 US Marines to 'drink lots of tea' By Ali Gharib WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new United States strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented - including a surge... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool) Afghanistan Defense Photos Taliban US |
Wall Street Journal Fri 3 Jul 2009 Total, CNPC Consider Venezuela Oil Block Bids By SIMON HALL BEIJING -- France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. now plan to bid for two oil large blocks being auctioned in Venezuela, instead of one they'd previously... (photo: ap / Greg Baker) China Petroleum Photos Venezuela World |
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Philadelphia Daily News Fri 3 Jul 2009 US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns JASON STRAZIUSO and FISNIK ABRASHI The Associated Press NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday,... (photo: Marines / CPL TREVOR GIFT, USMC) Afghanistan Government Military Photos Taliban |
San Fransisco Chronicle Fri 3 Jul 2009 Saddam Hussein's jailhouse revelations (07-03) 04:00 PDT Baghdad -- After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw that "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) Baghdad Iraq Jailhouse Photos Politics |
Asia Times Fri 3 Jul 2009 A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow By M K Bhadrakumar In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) Defense Photos Politics Russia US |
Denver Post Fri 3 Jul 2009 Russia to allow US weapon shipments to Afghanistan Click photo to enlargeRussia's President Dmitry Medvedev seen during his visit to the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on Thursday, July 2, 2009.... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze, Pool) Moscow Photos Politics Russia US |
Independent online (SA) Fri 3 Jul 2009 'We have to sit down with them...' By Andrew Heavens Khartoum - Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional... (photo: (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou) / ) Darfur Photos Politics Rebels Sudan |
Middle East Online Fri 3 Jul 2009 Biden on surprise visit to Iraq US Vice President Joe Biden flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit just two days after a long-planned pullback of American troops from conflict-hit Iraq's... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren) Baghdad Democratic Iraq Photos President |
The New York Times Fri 26 Jun 2009 Arab States Aligned With U.S. Savor Turmoil in Iran CAIRO - The rancorous dispute over Iran's presidential election could turn into a win-win for Arab leaders aligned with Washington who in the past have complained... (photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe) Arab Campaign Iran Photos President |