Cracks appear in Pak's pro-Musharraf coalition
Some political allies of Pakistan's military president, Pervez Musharraf, are urging him to drop plans to be re-elected by the sitting parliament and instead call early polls and seek a mandate...
Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007
The world this week
A look at what could be dominating the headlines around the world this week - and some key background on those events.
MONDAY 18 JUNE
Croatian trial: Two former Croatian generals go on trial...
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007
Can the war in Afghanistan be won?
The BBC begins a week of in-depth coverage of Afghanistan by asking its World Affairs editor, John Simpson, to consider if the Afghan government and the West can win the war against the Taleban.
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Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007
Children die in Afghan air raid
Seven children were killed in a US-led coalition air strike against a suspected al-Qaeda hideout in eastern Afghanistan, the coalition has said.
A statement said that a number of militants were...
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007
EU plans direct Palestinian aid
The EU plans to resume direct economic aid to the Palestinian Authority to support the new Fatah-led government, foreign policy head Javier Solana says.
But direct payments will not resume for...
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007
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