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Afghan campaign destroys hundreds of houses: rights group (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrols in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Fighting between U.S.-led forces and the Taliban has destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses during a crucial campaign in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a human rights group said…

Afghan campaign destroys 100s of houses: rights group (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Fighting between U.S.-led forces and the Taliban has destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses during a crucial campaign in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a human rights group said…

Corrupt Pakistan launches anti-graft campaign (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Reuters - Pakistan, ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, says it will turn itself around with results of an anti-graft drive seen within a couple…

UN promotes health campaign for women, children (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - The world’s nations pledged more than $40 billion to battle needless deaths among poor mothers and their children, and President Barack Obama spoke about what America can do…

5 kidnapped Afghan campaign workers found dead (AP)

August 29th, 2010

AP - An Afghan official says villagers have found the bodies of five kidnapped campaign workers for a parliamentary candidate in the western province of Herat.

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Venezuela pol raffles breast implants for campaign (AP)

August 27th, 2010

A supporter of Gustavo Rojas, an alternate candidate of the opposition party Justice First, for Venezuela's National Assembly Sept. 26 elections, wears a pin depicting Rojas next to her breas in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Rojas is using an unusual campaign fundraising technique: raffling off a breast enlargement surgery. (AP Photo/Cecilia Serrano)AP - A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a little under $6 a ticket, donors get the chance…

Can an Assassination Campaign Turn the Tide in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

August 19th, 2010

Time.com - Relying on assassinations to decimate the Taliban leadership is a risky strategy, because of the weakness of available intelligence. But if it succeeds, it could change the game

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Wyclef resigns from charity before Haiti campaign (AP)

August 5th, 2010

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2008 file photo, Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, right, speaks with flood victims in Gonaives, Haiti. Jean is expected to announce his bid for the presidency on Thursday from Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, file)AP - Wyclef Jean has stepped down as leader of the embattled aid group he founded as he prepares to formally declare his candidacy for the Haitian presidency.


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Dumped PM enters Australian election campaign (AP)

August 5th, 2010

AP - Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister dumped by his own party, has vowed to campaign for the woman who replaced him, in a rare show of unity for…

NKorea to elect leaders amid succession campaign (AP)

June 26th, 2010

In this June 25, 2010 photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean soldiers chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea. Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The sign reads 'Let's demonstrate grits in showdown with U.S.' (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - North Korea said Saturday it will elect new party leaders at a rare meeting in September in what analysts say could be a move to strengthen a campaign…