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1. United States and NATO dependent on Afghan warlords as force multipliers
(World/International)

... report and investigations by Australian and Canadian journalists. U.S. and other NATO military contingents operating in the provinces of Afghanistan's predominantly Pashtun south and east have been hiring ...

2. Poll: People of Afghanistan more optimistic
(World/International)

BY MATTHEW BERGER IPS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — As debate continues in Washington over what its next steps should be in Afghanistan and as the total of NATO-led coalition deaths in the country approaches ...

3. Obama saves ‘tens of billions of dollars’ with signing of $680 billion Pentagon budget
(U.S./Nation)

... critics have said is poorly equipped for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Obama also said no to a new fleet of presidential helicopters, which was estimated to cost more than $13 billion and was ...

4. Senator Kerry warns against plan to send 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan
(U.S./Nation)

BY JIM LOBE IPS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — Amid growing speculation and partisan bickering over what President Barack Obama will do about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, an influential Democratic ...

5. NATO endorses Gen. McChrystal’s counterinsurgency plan for Afghanistan
(World/International)

BY AL PESSIN VOA NEWS BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA — NATO defense ministers Friday endorsed the kind of broad counterinsurgency approach for Afghanistan that is the basis for the pending troop request by the ...

6. Editorial cartoon: H1N1 swine flu vaccine
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Obama to make a decision on the war in Afghanistan Chris Christie's weight becomes an issue in race for New Jersey Governor — Editorial cartoon Baby boomers and Social Security — Editorial cartoon ...

7. Editorial cartoon: Economic stimulus and job creation
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JOEL BARBEE To enlarge image click HERE About the cartoonist: BIO RECENT WORK Editorial cartoon: President Obama to make a decision on the war in Afghanistan Chris ...

8. Fraud investigation forces a new election in Afghanistan
(World/International)

... challenger, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah. He called upon the Afghan voters to come out and participate in the next round, saying this would help ensure Afghanistan's unity and stability. ...

9. Christie Whitman: Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama still has more to achieve at home and abroad
(Opinion/Commentary)

... as well. Abroad, he has a responsibility to make decisions on America's role in Afghanistan for the right reasons — not to please the Nobel committee retroactively. He must find ways to either talk to ...

10. Editorial cartoon: President Obama to make a decision on the war in Afghanistan
(Opinion/Commentary)

... cartoon Baby boomers and Social Security — Editorial cartoon War against the Taliban in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon War in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon Children praising Obama on video ...

11. Chris Christie’s weight becomes an issue in race for New Jersey Governor — Editorial cartoon
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JOEL BARBEE To enlarge image click HERE About the cartoonist: BIO RECENT WORK Baby boomers and Social Security — Editorial cartoon War against the Taliban in Afghanistan — Editorial ...

12. Baby boomers and Social Security — Editorial cartoon
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JOEL BARBEE To enlarge image click HERE About the cartoonist: BIO RECENT WORK War against the Taliban in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon War in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon Children ...

13. World community ‘surprised’ Obama received Nobel Peace Prize
(World/International)

... as Obama considers further escalation of the Afghanistan war, with Arab-Israeli peace efforts floundering — many interpreted the decision as a purely political calculation. "It is as if the prize committee ...

14. Is Afghanistan becoming the next Vietnam War for United States?
(U.S./Nation)

BY GARY THOMAS VOA NEWS WASHINGTON — As the situation in Afghanistan grows more deadly and complex, the Obama administration finds itself confronted with difficult questions over strategy and policy. ...

15. From ‘salties' to Sydney, Australia an inspiration
(Life/Style)

... culture of the local Aboriginal people. On an early morning bus ride to Kings Canyon, part of the Watarrka National Park, we saw wild horses (brumbies), wild camels (introduced from Afghanistan to help ...

16. War against the Taliban in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JOEL BARBEE To enlarge image click HERE About the cartoonist: BIO RECENT WORK War in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon Children praising Obama on video in N.J. school — Cartoon Iranian ...

17. VP Joe Biden, Max Cleland call for Corzine's re-election
(N.J./State)

... troops the support and gratitude they deserve when they come home." Corzine visited New Jersey troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported expanding health care and housing for veterans in need. "I ...

18. Afghanistan troop surge cost an issue for President Obama
(U.S./Nation)

BY JIM KOURI Afghanistan operations commander General Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops and resources to ward off a strengthened Taliban insurgency continues to simmer on President Barack ...

19. War in Afghanistan — Editorial cartoon
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JOEL BARBEE To enlarge image click HERE About the cartoonist: BIO RECENT WORK Children praising Obama on video in N.J. school - Cartoon Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the ...

20. Sexual harassment complaint against Michael Ruppert upheld
(U.S./Nation)

... in Afghanistan. In the meantime, though, Ashland police had ruled out Gerken as a suspect, and also cleared Ruppert of rumors that he staged the burglary. The case remains unsolved. Ruppert said he ...