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Rhod on Public Affairs
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Australian-born freelance writer Rhoderick Gates writes on political events in the UK, US and occasionally beyond. This is a UK Labour Party supporting blog listed on Bloggers 4 Labour.
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Afghanistan \'unable to pay for troops for 15 years\'
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has warned that it will take 15 years before the country is able to pay for the cost of its own security forces.(1)Wow! Just wow!Footnote:(1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8400806.stm...
Police and demonstrators clash in Athens
Athens - Clashes broke out on Sunday between police and demonstrators across Greece as marchers commemorated the first anniversary of the shooting death of a teenager by police, an incident that sparked the worst riots the country had seen in decades...
Only 100 al Qaeda Now in Afghanistan
President Obama's Secret: Only 100 al Qaeda Now in AfghanistanWith New Surge, One Thousand U.S. Soldiers and $300 Million for Every One al Qaeda FighterBy RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSSDec. 2, 2009 —As he justified sending 30,000 mor...
Britain to start pulling out of Afghanistan within a year
Gordon Brown yesterday set out a timetable for British troops to start pulling out of war-torn Afghanistan by this time next year.The Prime Minister responded to growing public opposition to the war by signalling that within 12 months, five of the de...
Defiant Iran building 10 more nuclear plants
Defiant Iran building 10 more nuclear plantsBy Middle East correspondent Ben Knight and wiresPosted 17 minutes agoIran is defying international pressure to halt its nuclear program by announcing that it will build 10 new enrichment plants.Iranian sta...
Britain to start pulling out of Afghanistan within a year
Gordon Brown yesterday set out a timetable for British troops to start pulling out of war-torn Afghanistan by this time next year.The Prime Minister responded to growing public opposition to the war by signalling that within 12 months, five of the de...

