Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines CNBC SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan - By Peter Graff | The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. | With that, he stood abruptly and walked out of his first "shura," or council meeting, with U.S. Marines. | U.S. forces who have moved dee...
BMC ropes in navy, army to supervise Ganeshotsav security The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 1344 hrs IST, PTI Text: MUMBAI: Amid intelligence reports of threats on the western coast, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities have for the first time roped in the Navy and the Army to supervise security arrang...
Report: NKorean ship heads toward Korean waters Syracuse | (AP) - SEOUL, South Korea - A news report says a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illegal weapons is heading toward its territorial waters days after changing course. | The Kang Nam 1 was thought to be delivering illegal weapons to Myanmar, ...
Nawa, Afghanistan: Marines note Fourth during long, hot walk Tulsa World Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping ...
Port Columbus faring better than Ohio rivals The Columbus Dispatch Last fall, travelers bound for London, Frankfurt and Paris could choose among several nonstop flights from Ohio's two hub airports, in Cleveland and Cincinnati. This fall, the only nonstop flight to Europe from an Ohio airport will be a once-daily fl...
Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines The Boston Globe | SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. | ...
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US Marines to 'drink lots of tea' Asia Times 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 implement...
Natural gas line would connect Africa, Europe Houston Chronicle | ABUJA, NIGERIA - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship natural gas across the Sahara to Europe, Nigeria's state oil...
US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns Syracuse | (AP) - NAWA, Afghanistan-U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day ...
Ports of call Philadelphia Daily News Chart your course for the best tastes of the seaside, where some favorites have dropped anchor in new locales. | By Craig LaBan | Inquirer Restaurant Critic | There's an almost tidal transience to the Jersey Shore dining scene that can be disconcerti...
Obama leaves for foreign ports today Ohio | WASHINGTON: Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change and outlining his vi...
No holiday for marching Marines Denver Post Bravo Company marks July 4 with trek through grueling heat of southern Afghanistan | U.S. troops salute during a Fourth of July ceremony at a base camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Few Marines marching across Afghanistan even realized it was t...
Oman oil output, exports reverse years of decline Gulf News | Muscat: Oman last Friday reported a sharp increase in crude oil exports during the first four months of this year, reinforcing a trend in rising production after years of declining output. | Exports of crude oil, which along with gas constitutes the mainstay of the country's revenue earnings, climbed by 10.8 per cent to 79.68 million barrels duri...
Sulpicio owner, ship captain face raps Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—A year after the MV Princess of the Stars tragedy, the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday announced that it had found probable cause to indict for the loss of hundreds of lives the ship captain who had been declared dead and a top officer of the shipping company. | Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said she had ordered the...
