Defense Secretary Robert M. Gatesâs statement echoed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonâs recent warning to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.
The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, is sworn in for a second term as the world watches to see if he can deliver on his pledges to clean up his ..
Shoppers on the Muslim prayer day take the brunt of the attack, which occurred near the governor's compound in the western province of Farah, a day after ..
Debate about the risks faced by the international community in supporting President Hamid Karzais corrupt Afghan government regularly omits the people that matter most: Afghans.
LONDON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is visiting Afghanistan and attending the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai ..
KABUL, Afghanistan - A day after President Hamid Karzai promised a more inclusive government, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 15 people, including ..
The United States is developing a set of benchmarks to ensure that Afghan President Hamid Karzai keeps a promise delivered at his inauguration to fight ..
(CNN) -- The war in Afghanistan is winnable, and corruption will be fought, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, as ..
HERAT, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck an Afghan town on Friday, killing 12 people in the deadliest attack since President Hamid Karzai ..
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives at the Presidential Palace in Kabul for his inauguration. Anja Niedringhaus/AP Kabul - From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on ..
KABUL, Afghanistan - It is far from clear that President Obama can depend on President Hamid Karzai to bring order to this violent country, but it is ..
When a team of senior US officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinner ..
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's promise to stamp out corruption has come up against its first test with the revelation that indictments against five ..
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed Thursday to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to bring technocrats rather than warlords into his new ..
There were no overt celebrations and the general public were excluded from the ceremony. As Hamid Karzai was inaugurated for his second term as Afghan President three months after a fraud-riddled election ..
AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday, saying his inauguration speech marked a "new starting ..
Gordon Brown visits flood-stricken Cumbria - Timesonline Gordon Brown today visited flood-stricken communities in Cumbria hit by the heaviest rainfall since records began. The torrential downpour has destroyed homes, businesses and claimed the life of a policeman, swept away as he helped motorists off a ...
Teoh body exhumed - Mysinchew KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock's body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed.
'Feels right in my bones' to leave, says Oprah .. - Thestar Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is at times tearful during a live broadcast in Chicago Nov. 20, 2009 as she announces that her show will end its run in 2011.
Hawaii jobless rate stays at 7.2 percent Honolulu .. - Starbulletin Hawaii's unemployment rate remained steady at 7.2 percent in October, even with September, according to statistics released yesterday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Google Chrome OS is 10 Years From Broad Enterprise .. - Eweek IDC analyst Al Hilwa said Chrome Operating system will take some hard selling by Google and its partners to get on netbooks, those hard disk-less machines from Asus, Dell, HP and others that let users access Web applications.
F News - Mobiletor Pantech now adds the Impact to AT&T's lineup of quick messaging mobile phones . Offered in two colors namely bright blue and soft pink, the Impact features a ...
Vaccine stocks low Canada.com - Derek Spalding - Canada By Derek Spalding, Daily newsnovember 21, 2009 12:00 AM People waiting for their H1N1 influenza vaccination yesterday were turned away as the supplies ran low but the Vancouver Island Health Authority held on to about 1200 doses for a Monday clinic in ...
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas - Yahoo Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.