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Afghan handover could run past 2015 in areas: NATO (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Canadian soldiers head out on a patrol during an operation in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, September 20, 2009. Picture taken September 20, 2009. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - The handover from NATO-led forces to Afghans should start in the first half of 2011 but poor security in some areas could see it run past a 2014…

Haiti unrest hampers desperate fight against cholera (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

A child suffering cholera symptoms is checked by a doctor at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Thousands of people have been hospitalized for cholera across Haiti with symptoms including serious diarrhea, vomiting and fever and hundreds have died. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Reuters - Anti-U.N. riots in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien have disrupted international efforts to tackle a spreading cholera epidemic, increasing the risk of infection and death for tens of thousands…

Madagascar troops vow to crush any rebellion (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Reuters - Dissident officers declared a takeover of power in Madagascar on Wednesday, but the island’s military leadership vowed to crush any rebellion and security forces dispersed a crowd that…

Israel pullback alarms Lebanon border town (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

A woman walks past concrete security blocks in the village of Ghajar on the Israeli-Lebanese border November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Israel said on Wednesday it would withdraw troops from a village straddling the Lebanese border, in a gesture to the United Nations that drew residents onto the streets…

Germany raises security alert after attack warnings (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Reuters - Germany said on Wednesday it had strong evidence Islamist militants were planning attacks in the next two weeks and ordered security at potential targets such as train stations…

NATO to endorse Afghan strategy despite Karzai row (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO leaders will endorse a plan this week to bring troops home from Afghanistan gradually despite a dispute between President Hamid Karzai and the alliance’s commander that highlights…

Afghan handover could run past 2015 in some areas: NATO (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Reuters - The military handover from NATO-led forces to Afghans could run past an end-2014 target date in some areas because of lingering security problems, a senior NATO official in…

EU-IMF mission to discuss steps to help Ireland (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

A beggar sits on O'Connell Bridge in the centre of Dublin, Ireland October 2, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - Euro zone ministers have agreed to send a joint European-IMF mission to Ireland that could prepare the way for a bailout to prevent its debt crisis spreading to…

Landmine kills 14 in Cambodia (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Reuters - Fourteen Cambodians have been killed by an anti-tank land mine left over from years of war that went off when they were traveling down a remote road, police…

U.N. panel cuts gay reference from violence measure (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Arab and African nations succeeded Tuesday in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from a resolution condemning unjustified executions a specific reference to killings due to…