By John Chalmers and Michael Georgy ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistanis began voting on Saturday in a landmark election that will bring the first transition between civilian governments in a country ruled by the military for more than half of its turbul... [Full Article]
Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan, angry residents of Helmand province say they are too afraid to go out after da... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Liquidators, emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, stand over a symbolic coffin during a protest in Donetsk November 29, 2011. The action marked the death of a protester who had been on hunger strike ove... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - The world's association of camel scientists has fought back angrily over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming. The idea is "false and stupid... a scientific aberra... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Europe fought to retain leadership of the IMF after the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, pictured in 2007, to help tackle its debt crisis as emerging nations launched a sharp counter-attack, saying it was time rising economies took... [Full Article]
(AP) - Faithful, dressed as ’Mambises’, soldiers who fought in Cuba’s first Independence war in 1868, hold a Cuban flag, unseen, during a procession honoring the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, or Virgin of the Copper Charity, in Ca... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Alberto Folsa, 90, a Cuban military veteran who fought during the Bay of Pigs invasion, offers newspapers and candies for sale on a street in Havana January 6, 2011. Cuba's armed forces repelled the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion, i... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), who fought both Nazis and Soviet forces in World War Two in West Ukraine, watch cadets marching during a ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the army's founding in central Lviv Octo... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - French war veterans who fought in the Algeria War (L and C) attend a ceremony to protest against the film Hors La Loi (Outside the Law) by director Rachid Bouchareb in competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival May 21, 2010 . REUTERS/... [Full Article]
(AFP) - In Virginia a battle is being fought over placing a Christmas tree and nativity scene in the grounds of a small town's courthouse. Edward Myers stands near posters celebrating the anniversary of the US Bill of Rights December 14 on the fe... [Full Article]
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