Afghanistan

Afghanistan 10/12/2011

22:49 : Technology review 2011: Twitter rules, BlackBerry crumbles and TS Eliot ... - John Naughton, the Observer's Networker columnist, looks back on a momentous year for new technologySOCIAL UPHEAVAL Governments all over the world had to deal with the power of social networking – and their reactions were not exactly an endorsementThe ...

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Afghanistan 08/12/2011

11:53 : UK blast injury research centre launched - A new £8m centre researching the effects of roadside bomb blasts hopes to produce improved body protection and vehicle design for soldiers in Afghanistan.

Source : theengineer-co-uk

Afghanistan 26/11/2011

05:39 : O'Kane appointed as editor of 'The Star' - MICHAEL O'Kane (below) has been appointed editor of 'The Irish Daily Star'. A native of Dublin, Mr O'Kane (44) joined 'The Star' as news editor in 2002 from RTE. Mr O'Kane's career in journalism commenced with the 'Irish Press' in 1990. He joined RTE ...

Source : independent-ie

Afghanistan 22/11/2011

17:16 : Afghanistan faces $7bn annual budget shortfall, World Bank warns - Even on optimistic forecasts, cost of running Afghanistan will be twice what it can afford after western troops leaveThe army and police force being built up in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban at bay after western ...

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Afghanistan 15/11/2011

18:51 : Afghan finance minister admits doubts over Kabul Bank's missing $1bn - Omar Zakhiwal pledges to prove sceptics wrong as IMF backs asset recovery scheme after 18-month disputeSerious doubts remain that Afghanistan will be able to recover nearly $1bn (£631.4m)frittered away ...

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18:45 : U.S. urges Afghanistan take more steps for IMF - WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday urged Afghanistan to take more steps to meet International Monetary Fund recommendations after the IMF approved a $133.6 ...

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Afghanistan 07/11/2011

09:52 : Little hope seen of Taliban settlement before 2014 - LONDON (Reuters) - When the Russians pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989, they left behind a government in Kabul which outlasted the Soviet Union, kept Islamist insurgents at bay, and collapsed only after the money ran out.

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Afghanistan 31/10/2011

20:35 : Why is our consumption falling? - Everyone believes that consumption is out of control. But is it? From food to paper and water, Britain has gradually been guzzling less over the last decade. Why?The year 2001 was more eventful than most and, a decade on, we're inundated with anniversaries. ...

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Afghanistan 12/10/2011

06:53 : Afghanistan's vast mineral deposits could lift it out of poverty | Eleanor - Afghanistan has rich seams of minerals, worth up to $3tn, but systems to ensure transparency and control of revenue flows must quickly be put in place in the extractive sectorFor all the column inches and hours of negotiations spent ...

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Afghanistan 05/10/2011

09:41 : ASK TONY: Stop Halifax preying on my Afghanistan war hero grandson for ... - Tony Hazell helps with problems, including an Afghanistan war hero being chased for a mortgage on a home his ex-partner lives in, an electricity mix-up and getting a debt agency to stop chasing.

Source : thisismoney-co-uk

Afghanistan 19/09/2011

07:09 : Obama deficit cuts: the main points - Tax hikes for the rich, changes to Medicare and the end of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are prominentBarack Obama will release a plan on Monday calling for more than $3tn in deficit cuts over 10 years, with roughly half ...

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Afghanistan 13/09/2011

18:14 : The decline and fall of the American middle class | Paul Harris - The heart of our political malaise is that the middle class, so long a powerhouse of US prosperity, is being crushed as never beforeNo one can accuse the candidates on stage at Monday's Republican debate of not discussing a broad range of topics. They ...

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Afghanistan 05/09/2011

16:44 : CNPC close to Afghanistan oil deal - The Chinese energy company is poised to win the first oilfield to be tendered in Afghanistan since the US ousted the Taliban after making the highest bid

Source : ft-com

Afghanistan 24/08/2011

20:14 : Letters: Self-fulfilling prophecies over Libya - I was disappointed to see Jonathan Steele (The rebels' next battle, 23 August) joining those who, focusing narrowly on the fissiparous tendencies in Libya, insist on analysing it through the lens of Afghanistan and Iraq, ...

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Afghanistan 13/08/2011

23:56 : Fighting Britain's warring gangs is a better use of the £14bn Afghan budget - Lord Oakeshott, the Lib Dem peer, warned over the weekend that the UK has already wasted £14bn on the war in Afghanistan and cannot afford to continue spending more on the military operation at a time of such acute financial crisis.

Source : independent-co-uk

Afghanistan 04/08/2011

13:12 : Telecoms firm Inmarsat hit by Afghanistan troop withdrawal - Company experiences fall in business providing satellite communications to soldiersThe withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is costing a British telecoms company £1m a month.The chief executive of Inmarsat, a FTSE ...

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Afghanistan 03/07/2011

11:35 : Afghanistan detains eight people over Kabulbank scandal - KABUL, July 3 (Reuters) - Afghan authorities detained eight people in a relation to Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal, a top Afghan prosecutor said on Sunday, including three Indian nationals who their embassy said were released hours after being taken in.

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Afghanistan 28/06/2011

18:39 : Afghanistan issues arrest warrant for central bank's former governor - Abdul Qadir Fitrat, who has fled to the US, denies claims he failed to act on warnings about corruption at Kabul BankThe former governor of the Afghan central bank who fled Afghanistan will be prosecuted over the failure of the country's ...

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Afghanistan 17/06/2011

16:42 : Afghanistan facing insolvency within a month, say officials - IMF rejection of proposals over Kabul Bank crisis, $820m bailout debts and suspension of aid leaves country in deepening crisisThe Afghan government will struggle to pay its bills "within a month" after the International ...

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Afghanistan 07/06/2011

07:25 : Furore over Durham's tobacco funding for Afghan scholarship - Durham University's decision to accept award funding from tobacco firm causes a storm of protest When Durham University launched an appeal to fund postgraduate scholarships for female students from Afghanistan, the last thing it must ...

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Afghanistan 06/06/2011

09:25 : Austerity could derail defence plans - LONDON (Reuters) - Defence chiefs are already studying how to reshape the country's armed forces once the war in Afghanistan is over but tough economic times could derail their plans.

Source : reuters-com

Afghanistan 31/05/2011

23:21 : Afghanistan: Lined up to lead - With a partial security handover imminent and prospects for talks?with?the?Taliban improved, western strategy is at a turning point after a decade of occupation?

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Afghanistan 22/05/2011

15:39 : No peace without talking to Taliban - Peace in Afghanistan will mean talking to the Taliban, says president Obama, acknowledging that a political solution would be needed for the war-torn country

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Afghanistan 25/04/2011

21:56 : Iraq's own Arab spring | Jonathan Steele - A renewed sense of nationalism is uniting protesters over delays to US troop withdrawalStretched close to the limit by combat in Afghanistan and determined not to get into a ground war in Libya, the Pentagon is stepping ...

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Afghanistan 02/04/2011

01:02 : Job cut hitlist for military personnel to be unveiled by MoD - Frontline troops in Libya and Afghanistan conflicts may face redundancy as job loss alert is issuedThousands of serving military personnel are to be told on 4 April that they are in line for redundancy as ...

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Afghanistan 29/03/2011

22:47 : Inside Balochistan - The Pakistani province of Balochistan, tight up against the Taliban stronghold of Helmand and sitting on untold mineral wealth, is riven by violent revoltHeroin smuggling routes Balochistan borders Helmand province in Afghanistan, the ...

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Afghanistan 28/03/2011

08:54 : Afghanistan agrees to break up fraud-hit bank - diplomats - KABUL, March 28 (Reuters) - Under threat of the loss of support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and billions of dollars of aid, the Afghan government has agreed to break up Afghanistan's biggest private lender after a multi-million dollar ...

Source : reuters-com

Afghanistan 27/03/2011

06:52 : Chemring's push for more US investors - Chemring, the British maker of devices used to detect roadside bombs in Afghanistan, is exploring ways of securing new US investors because it believes they understand defence better than Europeans.

Source : telegraph-co-uk

Afghanistan 17/03/2011

18:57 : The Asia Foundation Receives National Geographic Society Grant to Advance ... - The National Geographic Society has once again made a commitment to provide a matching grant to The Asia Foundation to support the improvement of girls’ schools throughout Afghanistan. In partnership with the Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment ...

Source : euroinvestor-co-uk

Afghanistan 02/03/2011

23:21 : Intervention in Libya would poison the Arab revolution | Seumas Milne - Western military action against Gaddafi risks spreading the conflict and undermining the democratic movementIt's as if the bloodbaths of Iraq and Afghanistan had been a bad dream. The liberal interventionists are back. As ...

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