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PAKISTAN
250,000 flee army offensive on the Afghan border
Up to 250,000 people have fled a tribal region on the Afghan border where the Pakistani army is in the third week of a major offensive against the Taliban.
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USA
Obama signs military budget bill and hate crimes measure
US President Barack Obama has signed a 680-billion-dollar defence spending bill that also contains an attached measure expanding the definition of federal hate crimes to those committed because of sexual orientation.
Barack Obama - homosexuality - military - Nobel Prize - Tax havens
Crisis in the Cayman Islands
The week in the Americas focuses on the Cayman Islands, a little tax haven suffering from the crisis, explains the debates about homosexuality in the US army and shows how the world reacted the the Obama's peace Nobel Prize.
Afghanistan - Barack Obama - military - Taliban
Obama's Afghan Options
It may not be a troop surge but Barack Obama's decision to send support forces to Afghanistan indicates that the war is far from being wound down.
BRITAIN
PM Brown announces additional 500 troops for Afghanistan
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the deployment of 500 additional UK troops to Afghanistan in an address to parliamentarians Wednesday.
PAKISTAN
Suicide bomber kills 41 as army prepares for new offensive
A suspected suicide bomber killed 41 people in an attack targeting a Pakistani military convoy near the Swat valley on Monday as the army prepares to launch a ground offensive in South Waziristan, a militant stronghold on the Afghan border.
IRAN
Tehran says it has tested medium-range missiles
Iranian authorities say the country's armed forces have test-fired medium- and short-range missiles over the weekend, as tensions mount between Tehran and Western powers over Iran's nuclear programme.
IRAN
Tehran test-fires missiles as nuclear tensions mount
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have test-fired short-range missiles at the start of military exercises Sunday amid mounting nuclear tensions. State media said the controversial long-range Shahab 3 missiles would be tested Monday.
BRAZIL
French fighter jet contract 'not yet finished'
Brazil's Defence Minister has said that the acquisition of 36 French-built Rafale fighter jets is still under consideration, contradicting previous claims by French and Brazilian officials that the four billion dollar deal was officially sealed.
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide attack
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside Kabul's military airport on Tuesday that killed two Afghan civilians and injured four foreign soldiers. The attack was the second of such scale in less than a month.
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