| Security big worry as Afghans gear up for run-off With violence in Afghanistan at its worst levels in eight years of war, the run-off poll comes as U.S. President Barack Obama weighs whether to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to ba ...[more] |
| SCENARIO: Obama's options in Afghan war Facing charges of dithering, Obama is said to be some weeks away from a final decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. He and fellow Democrats may believe it is wi ...[more] |
| FACTBOX: Obama hears range of views on Afghanistan Here's where some of the key players stand: GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum nec ...[more] |
| FACTBOX: Obama hears range of views on Afghanistan Here's where some of the key players stand: GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum nec ...[more] |
| Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes Afghanistan The quake's epicenter was 48 miles south-southeast of Feyzabad, in the Hindu Kush region of northeastern Afghanistan. The quake, which struck at 1951 GMT, was 122 miles deep. CNN repo ...[more] |
| Honduran election body touts vote to solve crisis The three-member Supreme Electoral Tribunal, visiting Washington to tout the neutrality of the November 29 vote, said the ballot box is the best way to resolve the crisis caused by President ...[more] |
| UK troops in Afghanistan could be cut by 2014: General General David Richards, who took over as chief of general staff in August, told the BBC he agreed with the analysis by the U.S. commander of international forces in Afghanistan, General Stanl ...[more] |
| Senior Iranian MP casts doubt on atom fuel deal The U.N. nuclear watchdog has presented a draft deal to Iran and three big powers for approval by Friday. It would cut Iran's quantity of low-enriched uranium (LEU) below the threshold that c ...[more] |
| China mulls military options over hijacked ship A successful rescue of the 25 crew members of the seized Chinese coal ship was possible if countries involved in anti-piracy operations in seas off the Somali coast worked in concert, said Ma ...[more] |
| U.S. details possible Sri Lanka civil war abuses The State Department report, requested by Congress, recounted allegations of government shelling of civilians during the early months of 2009 as well as charges that Tamil rebels recruited ch ...[more] |
| Two Koreas held secret talks for summit: report The rival Koreas have had two summits in Pyongyang that led to large amounts of aid flowing to the North along with pledges from the South's leaders to help rebuild their neighbor's economy.< ...[more] |