Afghan bomb kills British troops | A ROADSIDE bomb in southern Afghanistan killed two British soldiers, while gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the UN, officials said yesterday. | The blast that kille... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)The Australian
Clerics split on Iran poll decision | LEADING Iranian clerics have blasted the official results of Iran's June 12 presidential election, dismissing the poll watchdog and exposing a rift in the religious establishment. | The Assembly of ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)The Australian
In Brief Comments 0 | AFRICA | Leaders back Sudan official SIRTE, Libya — After bitter wrangling, Africa’s leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta)The Oklahoman AfricaLeadersPhotosPoliticsSudan
Lebanon tops agenda of foreign states | French minister to visit Beirut as Saudi king meets Syrian leader | By Elias Sakr | Daily Star staff | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: French Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevali... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar)Daily Star Lebanon GovernmentLebanonPhotosPoliticsSaudi
Implementing change in Lebanon | By Marco Vicenzino | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | First person by Marco Vicenzino | The 1989 Taif Accord which ended Lebanon's Civil War also ended Christia... (photo: AP Photo / Hussein Malla)Daily Star Lebanon GovernmentLebanonPhotosPoliticsReligion
Turmoil could thwart Iranian ambitions | THE long-term strategic consequences of the roiling revolt of the Iranian street against the mullahs is impossible to know. | But it certainly weakens the regime of Pre... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)The Australian ElectionsIranMideastPhotosPolitics
A UN crapshoot in Pakistan | By Sreeram Chaulia | More than 18 months after the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the United Nations has begun a formal international ... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)Asia Times AssassinationBhuttoPakistanPhotosUN
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge | BAGHDAD - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same fa... (photo: (AP /Kevin Frayer))Houston Chronicle AsiaIraqPhotosUSWar
