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Reinforcement Afghan soldiers wait at Kabul airport before taking a flight to Arghandab district which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The Afghan army, which flew four planeloads of soldiers to Kandahar on Tuesday from the capital, Kabul, said 300 to 400 militants had gathered in Arghandab, many of them foreign fighters. The U.S.-led coalition, however, said it conducted a patrol through the region "and found no evidence that militants control the are
Afghanistan   Britain   Defence   Photos   Taliban
 The Times 
Government must face the real Afghan issues
Sir, The loss of Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond ("British commander is killed by Taleban bomb", June 3) yet again throws into sharp focus the lack, both in the UK and... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
A brown frog of a unidentified specie
Animals   Help   Mammals   Panama   Photos
 The Examiner 
Help save the frogs of Panama
Comment RSS Email Print Amphibians, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians (a slender, legless amphibian found primarily in tropical areas), are very important to the environment as they... (photo: GFDL / Xosema)
The pilot waves a Mexican flag as a quarantined Mexican (center) prepares to board a plane sent by Mexico in Hong Kong on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Hong Kong's only confirmed case of swine flu will not be allowed to join the 12 other Mexicans in the city including four under quarantine who boarded the plane to take them home, a health official said.  The Guardian 
So what happens next?
Swine flu is spreading rapidly in our cities, so rampant that there is no point trying to contain it. Is now the best time to get it? Why are the young more at risk? And what impact will it have in... (photo: AP / Mike Clarke)
Health   Peolpe   Photos   Scotland   Uk
Drainage - Water Pollution  Philadelphia Daily News 
Check for proper drainage
By Joel M. Lerner Washington Post WASHINGTON - This rainy spring will be remembered as the season that gardens didn't need irrigation. Grass was lush; shrubs and trees stayed wet; ponds and outdoor... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Drainage   Environment   Photos   Trees   Washington
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Man and woman (holding her child) walking by the road in northern Afghanistan BBC News
Country profile: Afghanistan
Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in... (photo: Creative Commons)
Afghanistan   Asia   Conflict   Economy   Photos
Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful at service in St. Peter Basilica, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. The Daily Mail
Pope Benedict clears way for Cardinal John Newman to become first English saint in 40 years
Cardinal Newman, pictured in his study chapel at the Birmingham Oratory in 1889 will be given the title 'Blessed' Pope Benedict XVI today announced the beatification of... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino)
Birmingham   Photos   Pope Benedict   Religion   Vatican
Dinosaur -Animal - vertebrate animals (sk1) Syracuse
Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found
(AP) - CANBERRA, Australia - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named... (photo: Public Domain / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Canberra   Dinosaur   Photos   Research   Scientists
US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1st Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1-4 Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division checks equipment on his M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) while guarding a blocking position outside of Samarra, Iraq during Operation Baton Rouge i The Salt Lake Tribune
The U.S. in Iraq: An audit of the pain
By Linda J. Bilmes And Joseph Stiglitz Special To The Los Angeles TimesUpdated: 07/03/2009 06:37:21 AM MDT Tuesday, the U.S. "stood down" in Iraq, finalizing the... (photo: US DoD)
Iraq   Photos   Terrorism   United States   War
Blackbuck Antelope (sl1) BBC News
No safe haven for rarest antelope
Fleeting sightings of the world's rarest antelope, the hirola, in a new safe haven are cases of mistaken identity, a survey has found. That has dashed hopes that some of... (photo: Creative Commons)
Animals   Flood   Kenya   Photos   Wildlife
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