Telegraph.co.uk | Most Americans see Afghan fight worth US bloodshed: poll AFP NEW YORK â€" A solid majority of Americans are willing to see some of their countrymen die to achieve a terror-free Afghanistan, but US misgivings about sending more troops remain, a poll released Wednesday said. Sixty-five percent of US voters "are ... Obama's Afghanistan options: bad, worse and worst ! Afghan Taliban say they pose no threat to the West 8 years in, Obama weighs Afghanistan options |
Telegraph.co.uk | Jokes, apologies from David Letterman on his show The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" David Letterman acknowledges in his on-air apologies to his wife and staff for having sex with co-workers that he has his work cut out for him. As Letterman mixed wisecracks with contrition, he said his wife, Regina Lasko, had been "horribly ... David Letterman Says Wife "Horribly Hurt" by Sex Scandal Letterman in TV apology to wife Was David Letterman's latest apology enough? |
Telegraph.co.uk | Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Afghan Risks New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan â€" Insurgents attacked a pair of remote American military bases in Afghanistan over the weekend in a deadly battle that underscored the vulnerability of the kind of isolated bases that the top ... Taliban under attack in area where US soldiers killed Analysis: Campaign vow meets harsh Afghan reality |
guardian.co.uk | Ten US soldiers killed in Afghanistan Times Online Ten American troops were killed at the weekend in two surprise attacks that caused alarm in Nato's US-led coalition. In one, hundreds of insurgents attacked a pair of isolated outposts in eastern Afghanistan, killing eight US soldiers and several ... Ten Coalition Troops Killed in Afghanistan Afghan Attack Kills Eight US Soldiers |
BBC News | Sumatra quake 'levelled villages' BBC News Thousands of people may have died in remote village areas when a powerful earthquake struck Sumatra last week, emergency workers and officials fear. Reports suggest some villages were razed to the ground, with access roads torn apart by the quake ... Quake landslides wipe out 3 villages in Indonesia Quake-hit Indonesian city still stalked by Big One Up to 4000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama Stumps for Chicago's Bid New York Times COPENHAGEN â€" Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago's bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the ... Obama to Olympics: 'This could be a meeting in Chicago' IOC votes for 2016 Olympic host Olympics Photo Wire |
