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CIA 'turned school into prison for terrorism suspects'

Friday November 20 2009

A former riding school in Lithuania was used as a secret CIA prison to hold and interrogate al-Qa'ida terrorist suspects, it is claimed.

Karzai vows to take control of Afghan security by 2015

Friday November 20 2009

PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces will assume responsibility for security within five years in an inauguration speech seeking to placate his impatient Western allies.

British army commits equipment worth millions ... to 'Top Gear'

Thursday November 19 2009

Whether it is trying to blast a Lotus sports car off the road with an Apache helicopter, or using an RAF Typhoon to race the world's fastest road car, no series of Top Gear would be complete without some sort of high-octane cameo from the British armed forces.

Obama pledges exit strategy for Afghanistan

Thursday November 19 2009

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has said for the first time that his review of policy in Afghanistan will contain an exit strategy designed to avoid a "multi-year occupation".

In the rubble of Pakistan, bin Laden's voice remains

Wednesday November 18 2009

THE mud compound with part of its outer wall destroyed by artillery fire was used as an al-Qa'ida training facility until just a few weeks ago.