Falling Revenues Threaten Rebuilding and Stability in Iraq

Obama’s Iraq Plan Has December Elections as Turning Point for Pullout

Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan: A Thumbs-Up From Anbar

The key to the turnaround in Anbar, says Kelly, wasn't the 30,000-strong U.S. surge, which sent relatively few reinforcements to Anbar. Instead, the local population — mostly Sunnis, who had largely supported the insurgents — grew so fed up with the brutality of the al-Qaeda element that it rose up against the insurgency. Tribal sheiks who had once fought against U.S. forces began to work with the Marines in a tacit "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" alliance. "If the objective is zero violence in the nation of Iraq, it's impossible," Kelly said. "But if the objective is [to reduce] violence [to a level] manageable by the Iraqi police and the Iraqi army, we're all but there throughout most of the country."

Zimbabwe’s Rival Leaders Deploy Their Chess Pieces, With Political Power the Prize

Two weeks after Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was sworn in as prime minister and joined President Robert Mugabe in governing, the archrivals are openly matching wits and wiles in a struggle to dominate the political landscape of a country whose people endure hunger, cholera and political repression.

C.I.A. Pakistan Campaign Is Working, Director Says

The C.I.A. in recent months has intensified its covert campaign of missile attacks in the tribal areas, carrying out more than 30 strikes against Qaeda and Taliban leaders from drone aircraft. Mr. Panetta stopped short of directly acknowledging the missile strikes, but he said that “operational efforts” focusing on Qaeda leaders had been successful.

Ruling Throws Pakistan into New Political Turmoil

Pakistan has been plunged into a fresh phase of political instability after the country's two main opposition leaders were barred from elected office. The controversial ruling from the Supreme Court has sparked violent and angry protests against the government of President Asif Ali Zardari in Punjab, the largest and wealthiest province of the country. Just as Pakistan's civilian leadership most needs to unite to tame militants, the country's two main political parties have revived their poisonous rivalry, setting off on a potentially destructive confrontation with each other.

Tibetans Greet New Year in Opposition"

Like almost all the people interviewed for this article, the monk asked that his name not be used to avoid government reprisal. The monastery is under surveillance — cameras have been installed throughout, monks say, and security officers dressed in monk’s robes wander the alleys.

3 in Beijing Set Their Car on Fire in Apparent Protest

China Says 21 More People Will Go to Prison in Tibet Protests

Since December, according to the state media, dozens of people in Lhasa have been detained for advocating Tibetan independence, “spreading rumors” and fomenting social unrest. Most of those taken in during sweeps of Internet cafes and outdoor markets were found to have downloaded or sold banned music that acknowledges the Dalai Lama or advocates Tibetan independence.

Senior Communist Party Official Issues Warning to Tibetan Clergy

LONESTAR: zas tolik sem se o tom nedočet, ale dík že si mi zdělil něco, co sem nevěděl

DJHLAVA: MZ RF míní, že zodpovědnost za incident s nákladní lodí New Star leží plně na kapitánovi lodi. "Litujeme tragických následků této udí¨álosti, nicméně veškerá vina za tento incident leží na kapitánovi lodi, který postupoval krajně nezopdpovědně" - uvádí se v oficiálním komuniké MZ RF.
více http://www.interfax.ru/politics/txt.asp?id=64430

ve čtvrtek ráno jela čínská nákladní loď do Ruska dopravit japonskou rýži, která byla podle rusů nekvalitní. Odmítli ji odkoupit, poté čínská loď překročila mez hranic, kam mohla, protože neměla povolení vplout k ruským vodám. Tak rusové vyslali několik vojenských lodí, ty vystřelili 513 výstražných výstřelů, loď se nevracela, ani nezastavovala, tak ji sestřelili. Jeden záchraný člun zmizel na širé moře a další dva odchytli rusové, více zde http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189533/posts
a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcotpGv_rGA

DJHLAVA --- --- 16:25:38 19.2.2009
hola hola Rusko sestřelilo čínskou nákladní loď


R_G --- --- 16:30:42 19.2.2009 --- 16:15 :: diskuze :: světová a česká politika z pohledu zahra
Nedavno jsem cetl v Le Mondu zajimavy clanek, ktery ukazuje, jak si nas berou francouzi na musku kvuli predsednictvi UE. Psali v nem o nechutnych psich zapasech, ktere se konaji v Texasu a ucastni se jich lide z Texasu, Wisconsinu a Ceske republiky. Nechapu, co to melo byt, ale byl jsem pobouren. Hodi se to sem? Mate odkazy na podobne clanky?

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JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 16:14:46 19.2.2009
Switzerland: ‘War on Terror’ Hurts International Law, Panel Says

JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 16:13:14 19.2.2009
očet civilních obětí bojů v Afghánistánu se oproti loňsku zvýšil o děsivých 40 procent - anglicky...

JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 16:07:06 19.2.2009
Někdejší bodyguard čečenského prezidenta, který vytrvale obviňoval Rusko z válečných zločinů v Čečně, byl zavražděn - anglicky

JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 16:03:25 19.2.2009
Saying Small Nations Count, Czechs Seek an Obama Visit

JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 15:59:21 19.2.2009
Fotosérie - Zranění z Afghánistánu

JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 15:55:06 19.2.2009
Gruzie uvažuje o vyslání svých jednotek do Afghánistánu - anglicky

JESSIEATREIDES --- --- 15:54:18 19.2.2009
China Adds to Security Forces in Tibet Amid Calls for a Boycott

Armed With Little but Resolve, and Defending a Hollowed Village - report from Congo

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