Argentina’s New President Has a Legacy to Overcome: Her Husband’s
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BUENOS AIRES — The sun is shining later in Argentina than ever before. Read more
Gates Hits NATO Allies’ Role in Afghanistan
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the top U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan yesterday issued a blunt assessment of the alliance’s shortcomings in that country, arguing that the unwillingness of some member states to risk combat casualties is threatening NATO’s future and undermining the prosecution of the Afghan war. Read more
Humanitarian Efforts Begin to Reach Chadian Refugees
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 7 — Tens of thousands of Chadians who fled fighting last weekend remained hunkered down in a Cameroonian border town Thursday, as the United Nations and aid groups raced to head off mass hunger or an outbreak of disease among the refugees, humanitarian officials said. Read more
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Teaching Children to Kill, U.S. Says
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 6 — The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq is training boys as young as 10 to kidnap and kill, U.S. and Iraqi officials asserted Wednesday, showing propaganda videos seized from suspected insurgent hideouts that depict masked boys wielding guns and kicking down doors. Read more
Worries Surround Pakistani Elections
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 6 — Despite the candidates’ colorful posters papering road signs and storefronts, the political atmosphere two weeks before Pakistan‘s parliamentary elections is as bleak and foreboding as the gray winter sky shrouding much of the country. Read more
Pakistan makes “important arrests” in Bhutto slaying
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities announced two “important arrests” in the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, as her husband issued a rallying call to supporters ahead of an election his wife should have fought. Read more
Rice, Miliband in Afghanistan in show of unity
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday in a symbolic show of unity, pressing reluctant NATO allies to share the combat burden. Read more
West warned over Afghan failure
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On Tuesday, a London-based think-tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), warned that Afghanistan faced becoming a “failed state” if operations by Nato were unsuccessful. Read more
More Managers See Bad Times Ahead (Investor’s Business Daily)
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But the optimism may reflect the feeling the global economy can only go up — 8% of respondents thought the economy was in recession, twice December’s figure. Sixteen percent think the economy is in mid-cycle, down from 21% last month. While 71% think the economic cycle is in the latter stages, down from 74% in [...]
AP confirms secret camp inside Gitmo (AP)
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Guantanamo commanders said Camp 7 is for key alleged al-Qaida members, who must be kept apart from other prisoners to prevent them from retaliating against long-term detainees who have talked to interrogators. They also want the location kept secret for fear of terrorist attack. Read more