The New York Times Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visi... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)
Asia Times Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Khaleej Times Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates KABUL - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapping visits to the war-torn cou... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig) IranNatoPhotosPresidentUS
Al Jazeera Ahmadinejad in Kabul for talks | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has arrived in Afghanistan for talks with Hamid Karzai, his Afghan counterpart. | Ahmadinejad's visit to Kabul comes at the tail end of a trip to the coun... (photo: AP / Sorkhabi, Pool) AfghanistanIranPhotosTalibanUS
San Fransisco Chronicle Taliban's gone, but Afghan town still deserted | (03-10) 04:00 PST Now Zad, Afghanistan -- | This southern Afghan city has been touted as a symbol of the progress U.S. troops have made in recent weeks. But when Defens... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) AfghanistanPhotosTalibanUS
Sky Sports Pearce - Door open for Owen | England U21 boss Stuart Pearce insists it is wrong to suggest Michael Owen's international career is over. | Owen's slim hopes of making this summer's World Cup finals ... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) FootballOwenPhotosSoccerSport
Khaleej Times UK minister urges push for Afghan peace LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's n... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson) AfghanistanPeacePhotosPoliticsUK
The New York Times Gates Visits Former Taliban Village | NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, b... (photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison) AfghanistanPakistanPhotosTerrorUS
