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UK spy boss defends secrecy, nukes key threat (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

UK spy boss defends secrecy and says nukes key threat (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

UK spy boss: Nukes a wider threat than terrorism (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

Britain’s spy boss makes first public speech (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Reuters - Britain’s top spy makes the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief on Thursday, a step toward greater openness for an intelligence service that for most…

Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban (AP)

June 9th, 2010

Afghanistan's former intelligence chief, Amrullah Saleh gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Afghanistan's former intelligence chief is warning that President Hamid Karzai's strategy of seeking reconciliation with the Taliban is dangerous for the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghanistan’s ousted intelligence chief told The Associated Press on Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai is pursuing a dangerous strategy in seeking peace with the Taliban because the insurgents…

Afghan ex-spy boss calls peace strategy dangerous (AP)

June 9th, 2010

U.S. marines provide security during a government function to lay the foundations for a government administrative department building at Musa Qala in Helmand, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq Kandahari)AP - Afghanistan’s former intelligence chief is warning that President Hamid Karzai’s strategy of seeking reconciliation with the Taliban is dangerous for the country.


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China replaces party boss in region hit by unrest (AP)

April 24th, 2010

AP - China has replaced the Communist Party leader for the sprawling western region that was hit by deadly ethnic violence last year.

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Aide: Karzai ‘very angry’ at Taliban boss’ arrest (AP)

March 15th, 2010

FILE - In this March 11, 2010 file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, welcomes Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai for bilateral talks at the prime minister's official residence and office, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one…

Afghan held peace talks with captured Taliban boss (AP)

March 15th, 2010

AP - Afghan officials say the Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured last month in Pakistan.

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