Violence in NW Pakistan triggers exodus
US to take over Afghan mission
Plans are being drawn up to send as many as 15,000 extra troops to Afghanistan with a single US general always in command, as in Iraq, defence sources said.
Pentagon Plans to Send More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan
Russia’s new nuclear challenge to Europe
The Great Consumer Crash of 2009
Oceanic Dead Zones Continue to Spread
US and Poland seal missile deal
Russia recognises Georgian rebels
President Dmitry Medvedev has declared that Russia formally recognises the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Ukraine in crisis as ruling coalition collapses
Russia may push forward with S-300 sales to Iran
Russia may eventually retrieve its military presence in Cuba and Vietnam
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