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Afghan Program to Woo Taliban Foot Soldiers Stalls

Lack of funds and organizational issues have plagued a program meant to lure fighters away from insurgency.

Afghanistan blocks asset sale of crisis-hit bank CEOs

Afghanistan's government said Monday it has frozen assets held by some of Kabul Bank's owners as the crisis-hit institution faced huge withdrawals by depositors nationwide.

Russia’s ecological big-leaguers join forces to withstand state’s mounting pressure on environmental NGOs at Bellona’s ...

ST. PETERSBRUG – More than a dozen representatives of major Russian ecological organisations were brought together by Bellona for the first time to share their difficult experiences and talk out ways of surviving and becoming stronger in a country that is fast becoming a police state. Whatever the hardships, Bellona’s President Frederic Hauge is confident that “the Russian environmental movement ...

New Zealanders assess damage after 7.1-magnitude earthquake

The Starting Point is a snapshot of the news that occurred overnight and a preview of the stories we expect to cover today.

Take this chance to set the MoD straight

Telegraph View: Let us hope that Dr Liam Fox and the rest of the Government take on board Sir Richard Dannatt's valuable advice.