Author: Oui

Afghan Poppy Shift: Winning Hearts and Minds

. US changes course on Afghan opium, says Holbrooke (Christian Science Monitor/AP) – The United States is changing course on anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan, a senior official said, shifting its focus from the destruction...

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Kandahar: Afghan clash ‘kills police chief’

. UPDATE: Afghan leader says US guards killed police chief KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai says Afghan guards working for the U.S. coalition at a base in Kandahar city killed the province’s police chief....

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Israel 1948 – A Dispatch by RFK

. Robert Kennedy’s 1948 Reports from Palestine In April 1948, one month before Israel declared independence, Robert Kennedy, then 22, traveled to Palestine to report on the conflict for the Boston Post. His four dispatches...

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Witness to Neda’s Death

. Doctor flees Iran over “Neda” killing: report LONDON (Reuters) – One person captured on Internet videos helping “Neda,” the young Iranian woman killed last week who has become an icon of the...

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