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Counter-insurgency zeal grips eastern AfghanistanYousef Khel, Afghanistan (AFP) April 18, 2010 The young governor of Yousef Khel district in eastern Afghanistan takes US Army Lieutenant Marcus Smith by the hand and leads him down a slippery slope. "Partnership," Smith says, as the two walk hand-in-hand over churned-up wheat fields, repeating the message at the heart of the strategy he is trying to implement in the small outpost he commands in Paktika province. A determination to implement US and NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal's counter-insurgency strategy is evident among the s ... read more |
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Siirt, Turkey (AFP) April 18, 2010Dressed in military fatigues, his Kalashnikov leaned against a wall, Mahsun Alan sips tea at a watch post on a steep hill, keeping a sharp eye on a road snaking between rugged mountains. The 44-year-old is among thousands of poor Kurdish villagers who have volunteered - often grudgingly - to help the Turkish army fight fellow Kurds of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), only to ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) April 19, 2010Hong Kong's beleaguered film industry was a global powerhouse just two decades ago, pumping out 300 movies a year and boasting a fan base that stretched across Asia. Led by up-and-coming action stars Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat along with director John Woo, the city's film sector was among the world's most prolific by the late eighties, trailing only Hollywood and Bollywood. Woo - whos ... more
Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2010China's Premier Wen Jiabao has written an unusual tribute to late reformist leader Hu Yaobang, whose death in 1989 triggered the Tiananmen democracy protests that were crushed by the army. The editorial, published in the People's Daily newspaper - the mouthpiece of the Communist Party - recounts in a surprisingly open and emotional manner a trip the two made to southwestern China 1986. ... more |
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China's exporters brace for stronger yuanBeijing (AFP) April 14, 2010 Wang Shengpei runs a factory in southern China that churns out leather boots, high heels and trainers for consumers in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. And he is worried. Wang is one of thousands of manufacturers across China bracing for a change in the nation's exchange rate policy, which he fears could squeeze his already razor-thin profit margins and make it harder to compete in overseas markets. "I hope it will not rise too fast if it has to appreciate," said Wang, chairman of D ... read more |
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