Brown 'guillotined' defence budget months after Iraq invasion, war inquiry told The Daily Mail | Gordon Brown was accused of putting the lives of British troops at risk today following claims he 'guillotined' the defence budget months after the Iraq war. | David Cameron accused the Prime Minister of 'ignoring the welfare' of soldiers and leaving them without the right equipment as they were s...
Daimler signs truck deal with Iraq Syracuse | (AP) - FRANKFURT - German truckmaker Daimler AG said Monday it has signed an agreement with the Iraqi government to supply Mercedes-Benz trucks and equipment for truck assembly. | Daimler, based in Stuttgart, said it will provide complete trucks and truck kits, tools and equipment for assembly, as...
Egypt's Orascom Devt to invest in Iraq -paper The Guardian CAIRO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Housing Communities, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Orascom Development Holding, is negotiating with Iraq to buy land for a budget housing project, al-Mal newspaper said on Monday. The paper said Orascom Housing ...
Buy Oil Shares as Wall Street Corrects Khaleej Times The American stock market correction continues. The S&P index now trades at 14 times on estimated 2010 median earnings of $75. A 14 X valuation multiple has historically equated with an American economy where economy where annual inflation ranged bet...
Worldview: Driver's fate speaks ill of Iraq's future Philadelphia Daily News | By Trudy Rubin | Inquirer Opinion Columnist Where is Salam? | My trusted Iraqi driver/fixer/sidekick through seven years of covering Iraq has disappeared into Iraq's murky prison system. | His crime? He helped U.S. soldiers arrest radical Shiite mi...
As US begins Afghan surge, Canada plans its exit The News & Observer | KHADAN, Afghanistan -- By the crack of dawn, the Royal Canadian Dragoons' armor was in position, fanned out across a dusty vineyard for Operation Tazi to secure a key land route into Kandahar from the Taliban. | It was a mission the Canadians have ...
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Police: Sniper kills 1 at Baghdad checkpoint The Examiner Comments BAGHDAD (Map, News) - An Iraqi police official says a sniper taking cover in a building in central Baghdad has opened fire on a checkpoint. | The official says one policem...
13 countries meet in bid to save wild tigers The News & Observer | HUA HIN, Thailand -- Efforts to save the wild tiger are at a critical point and it will take greater political will and cooperation from Asian countries to prevent the big cats f...
Chilcot inquiry: Gordon Brown accused of cutting defence budget after Iraq invasion The Guardian | Former chancellor insisted on 'complete guillotine', former civil servant claims | Paul Cornish, former officer, Royal Tank Regiment, and Carrington Professor of International Security at Chatham House | "We've been here before … if you go back...
Why Iraq Remains a Puzzle for the U.S. CBS News Michael Schwartz: Energy and Power in the Middle East | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Play CBS Video Video Top U.S. Commander in Iraq | Katie Couric speaks with Gen. Ray Odierno, the top-ranking commander behind U.S. military forces in Iraq...
Brown 'guillotined' defence budget months after Iraq invasion, war inquiry told The Daily Mail | Gordon Brown was accused of putting the lives of British troops at risk today following claims he 'guillotined' the defence budget months after the Iraq war. | David Cameron accused the Prime Minister of 'ignoring the welfare' of soldiers and leavi...
World's tallest tower closed The Hindu | - PHOTO: AP | People being guided for refund of their money at a ticket counter after the observation deck of Burj Khalifa in Dubai was shut down on Monday. | DUBAI: Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused on Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off publi...
Oil near $75 in Asia amid improved economic data Syracuse | (AP) - BANGKOK - Oil prices headed toward $75 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as regional stock markets snapped a losing streak and economic data suggested U.S. crude demand could improve. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 27 cents at $74.70 a barrel at early afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The...
