German-US-Kuwaiti war games begin
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 17: Some 170 German army troops have arrived in Kuwait and have begun specialized nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) warfare exercises with US and Kuwaiti troops a Kuwait military spokesman said...
Karzai backs stronger ISAF role in Kabul
KABUL, Feb 17: Afghanistan’s interim leader Hamid Karzai said on Sunday he would ask the multinational force in Kabul to take a stronger role if security does not improve in the...
Scores of corpses found at US crematorium
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: Scores of decomposing bodies, which apparently had been earmarked for cremation, have been discovered strewn throughout a wooded area adjoining a southern US crematorium, US media reported Sunday....
Calendar exposes politicians
GUWAHATI, Feb 17: A photographer in the Indian state of Manipur has earned public praise and some quick money for the novel way he chose to expose corruption rampant among politicians...
Yemen warns US against attack on Iraq
CAIRO/AMMAN, Feb 17: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was quoted on Sunday as warning the US that it would “lose its allies” in the region if it attacked Iraq....