Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan Asia Times | Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the frontier of freedom". While this may be an apt name for the last place soldiers see before flying into Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz peo...
Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit Asia Times | Sep 2, 2010 Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit | By Pratap Chatterjee | WASHINGTON - Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the business systems of an Ohio-based company - Mission Essential Personnel - even though it had billed for US$1 billion worth of work l...
GOP Maes stays in Colo. governor's race The Guardian | DENVER (AP) — Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor. | Secretary of State Bernie Buescher certified the list ...
Run on Kabul Bank puts Afghan finances in jeopardy The Times Of India KABUL: One of the principal owners of the Afghan bank at the center of an accelerating financial crisis here said depositors had withdrawn $180 million in the past two days. He predicted a "revolution" in the country's financial system unless the Afg...
GOP Maes stays in Colo. governor's race Breitbart DENVER (AP) - Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor. | Secretary of State Bernie Buescher certified the list Frid...
Colo. gubernatorial candidate refuses to back down Houston Chronicle | DENVER - Dan Maes likes to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee. The way he's going, it may be the only victory in a short-lived political career. | Republicans spent the week desperat...
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Karzai Defends Contractor Phaseout The New York Times | Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, repeated his call for the removal of all private security companies in Afghanistan by the end of the year, saying on Sunday that the ...
Aquino: $10-B Pagcor bid 'interesting' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—It's the 'mother of all mega-deals' that deserves a good look. | This in a nutshell was the reaction in Congress and Malacañang to the offer of businessman Ra...
Karzai: Shutter Private Security Companies The New York Times | Filed at 9:24 a.m. ET | KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai called Saturday for the international community to stop supporting private security companies in Afghani...
Colo. gubernatorial candidate refuses to back down Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeRepbublican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, left, listens to his democratic opponent Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, right, during a debate at a television station in Denver, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Dan Maes rejected cal...
Colo. gubernatorial candidate refuses to back down Herald Tribune | DENVER - Dan Maes like to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee. The way he's going, it may be the only victory in a short-lived political career. AC = 1234 | --> | Republicans have spe...
Colo. gubernatorial candidate refuses to back down, appears headed for ballot Star Tribune | DENVER - Dan Maes likes to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee. The way he's going, it may be the only victory in a short-lived political career. | Republicans have spent the week des...
Founder of Animals First Foundation pleads guilty to theft Seattle Times | Carina Borja, a bookkeeper and the founder of Seattle's Animals First Foundation, could face nearly 3 1/2 years in prison when she is sentenced next week for nine counts of first-degree theft. | Borja, 45, embezzled $530,000 from two clients between February 2007 and August 2008, according to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court...
Wedding gift triggers bribery claims against Swedish princess Irish Times | ISABEL CONWAY in Stockholm | A SWEDISH billionaire's controversial wedding present to Crown Princess Victoria - the use of his private jet, yacht and luxury US ranch for her recent honeymoon in the South Pacific and North America - is pitting royalists against republicans in Sweden, amid allegations of corruption linked to the gift. | Three separ...
