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US will 'not destroy Kandahar' in order to save it: ClintonWashington (AFP) May 13, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the pivotal US-led military operation on the Taliban's southern Afghan stronghold will "not destroy Kandahar in the effort to save Kandahar." Seated next to Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his visit to Washington, Clinton said US commanders have learned the lessons of waging a counterinsurgency in Iraq and will seek to return a functioning Afghan city to the people who live there. "They want to have a successful counterinsurgency operati ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) May 13, 2010Taiwan's vice defence minister said Thursday that the island will keep trying to acquire fighter jets from the United States despite warming ties with former rival China. "The ministry's policy (to acquire the jets) is very clear and we will continue promoting it," Andrew Yang told parliament when asked to comment on a US report urging Taiwan to strengthen its air defences. "Effective ai ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2010The "three represents" could some day be lumped in with "the four olds" if China's jargon-obsessed Communist Party heeds a call from the top for clearer communication. Xi Jinping, the vice president and heir apparent to China's leadership, made the plea in a speech to Communist cadres, saying that jargon walled the ruling party off from the country's more plain-spoken citizens. Xi gave n ... more 
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2010The United States and China were Friday holding talks on human rights for the first time in two years, with a feud brewing over US support for efforts to crack through China's Internet firewall. Senior officials on Thursday opened the two-day talks, which offer the Obama administration a chance to show it also cares about human rights as it seeks a wide-ranging partnership with China on issu ... more |
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Africans talk tough over foreign minersNairobi, Kenya (UPI) May 13, 2010 As China, Brazil, India and other scramble to lock down Africa's mineral wealth to fuel their expanding economies, some African states are talking about forming a cartel similar to OPEC to control prices and secure more foreign investment. One of the leading advocates is President Abdoulaye Wade of uranium-rich Senegal, who favors a pan-African body that could influence the price of metals such as cobalt. Some 90 percent of that comes from Africa. ABC News reported that at a mining confe ... read more |
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