JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm around a wound on his wrist where shackles have rubbed the skin raw. His own waste has pooled in the corner, turning the dirt floor...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
A soldier who was shot in the back in a Taliban ambush is hoping to return to the front line in Afghanistan. L/Cpl Aaron Deans, 21, of Washington, was driving an armoured vehicle when it came under fire near Lashkar Gah in Helmand...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists she wants Greece to stay in the euro and has left open the option of agreeing more measures designed to boost growth. "I want Greece to stay in the euro. I think that would be good for Greece and for all of us,» Merkel said in an interview...
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber
Residents in North Maluku are modifying their motorcycles to increase the fuel tank capacities following the ban on bulk fuel purchases using jerry cans. In an observation by kompas.com at a...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
ISOLDA MORILLO Associated Press= BEIJING (AP) — China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape international opinion about the protests against Chinese rule. The documentary shown...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. A report released on Wednesday by the London-based rights group said government soldiers had also carried out...
photo: AP / Harouna Traore
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A FRENZY for Facebook built Tuesday as the company hiked its expected opening price for shares to about $38 — making the eight-year-old social media site worth $104 billion. The staggering sum set ahead of Friday’s hotly anticipated IPO would instantly make Facebook more valuable than American...
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