BAGHDAD, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. forces arrested the deputy head of a committee that purged Iraq's government of members of Saddam Hussein's party, an ally said, but the U.S. military said he was a wanted militia leader behind a deadly Baghdad bombing. ... > full story
DUSHANBE/PARIS, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering sanctions. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the U.S. military said on Thursday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. troops will on Sept. 1 hand over control of Iraq's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States asked Iraq for permission to keep troops there to 2015 but compromised with Iraqi negotiators on 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. military planners have begun pondering the thorny question of how Georgia's shattered armed forces might be rebuilt without provoking a Russian backlash that could risk direct confrontation with Moscow. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Three U.S. soldiers killed four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots on the bank of a Baghdad canal last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authorization to 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraqi Prime Minister Prime Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that an agreement had been reached in negotiations on a security pact with the United States to end any foreign military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011. ... > full story
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Lonely journey Aug. 28, 2008 (BBC News) — An aid worker with UK-based medical aid agency, Merlin, describes a journey on the edges of South Ossetia, accompanying a pregnant woman to an ...
Kouchner: Russia may now destabilise other countries too Aug. 27, 2008 (Monsters and Critics) — French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner voiced fears Wednesday that Russia may destabilise other countries following its recognition of two ...
Georgian President's Web Site Attacked Aug. 27, 2008 (Information Week) — The Web site of President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia was inaccessible on Sunday as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ...
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