International Business News - AFG http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight _ and die _ with legendary valor for another man's country far away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/imperial-holdover-gurkhas-flock-to-british-army.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:10:40 EDT Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met the president. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48226-canyon-carjacking.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/marine-who-died-after-cross-state-chase-wrote-of-war-stress.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/marine-who-died-after-cross-state-chase-wrote-of-war-stress.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:17:41 EDT A Democratic congressman on Saturday urged Republicans to "step up to the plate" to help veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., pointed to the updated GI Bill, which the House passed Thursday, as one way "a grateful nation can repay its heroes." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/democrats-call-upon-gop-to-support-new-gi-bill.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 11:22:45 EDT Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan was freed unharmed three months after he vanished in a tribal area in Pakistan's border region, a foreign ministry official and a relative said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/abducted-pakistani-diplomat-freed.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:04:50 EDT The brother of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan says the envoy has been released _ three months after he was kidnapped near the border between the two countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/abducted-pakistani-diplomat-freed.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:26 EDT A series of clashes, airstrikes and bomb blasts left 10 militants and four civilians killed in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. A roadside blast hit a vehicle in the eastern Paktia province, leaving three civilians dead early Saturday, said government spokesman Ghamai Mohammadi. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/10-militants-4-afghans-in-violence.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:20:42 EDT Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47945-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/obama-criticizes-mccain-for-naive-foreign-policy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/obama-criticizes-mccain-for-naive-foreign-policy.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:08:45 EDT President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host _ a key player in the long-running fight _ than he did in Israel earlier this week. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48132-bush-mideast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bush-fails-to-win-saudi-help-on-gas-prices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bush-fails-to-win-saudi-help-on-gas-prices.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:27:36 EDT As of Friday, May 16, 2008, at least 431 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 10 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/at-least-431-us-deaths-in-afghanistan-region.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:31:29 EDT The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47837-cia-recruiting-immigrants.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 21:09:20 EDT Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47847-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/obama-criticizes-mccain-bush-on-appeasement-talk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/obama-criticizes-mccain-bush-on-appeasement-talk.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 21:10:06 EDT Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for "dishonest, divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his national security credentials for the general election campaign. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47459-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/obama-accuses-bush-of-appalling-attack.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/obama-accuses-bush-of-appalling-attack.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 14:51:21 EDT IN THE HEADLINES Obama assails McCain for 'naive, irresponsible' foreign policy, lays down challenge ... McCain courts NRA, 2nd Amendment devotees, makes a West Virginia gun shop visit ... Clinton launches ads in upcoming primary states, focuses on working-class issues in Oregon ... Democratic Party panel members show little interest in Clinton's call to seat disputed delegates ... Obama picks up endorsements from former Edwards delegate, California congressman. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47678-clinton-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/today-on-the-presidential-campaign-trail.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/today-on-the-presidential-campaign-trail.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:08:24 EDT Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdrawals. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46960-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/mccain-believes-iraq-war-can-be-won-by-2013.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/mccain-believes-iraq-war-can-be-won-by-2013.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 00:23:33 EDT Osama bin Laden vowed Friday to fight Israel for the liberation of the Palestinians, claiming their cause is at the heart of al-Qaida's holy war with the West. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47612-bin-laden-israel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bin-laden-palestinian-cause-fuels-holy-war.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bin-laden-palestinian-cause-fuels-holy-war.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:53:39 EDT Pakistan's army lodged a formal protest Friday to "allied forces" in neighboring Afghanistan over a suspected U.S. missile strike this week that killed 14 people in a Pakistani border village. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46868-pakistan-missile-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/militants-kill-soldier-in-pakistan-tribal-area.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/militants-kill-soldier-in-pakistan-tribal-area.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:33 EDT Clashes in eastern and southern Afghanistan left eight militants dead, and a roadside bomb killed an Afghan soldier, officials said Friday. The bomb hit a group of Afghan soldiers during a foot patrol Friday morning in southern Kandahar province, said Rehmatullah Khan, the Afghan army commander in Zhari district. One soldier was killed and three were wounded, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46819-aptopix-afghanistan-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/3-militants-killed-in-eastern-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/3-militants-killed-in-eastern-afghanistan.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:38:11 EDT Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund al-Qaida-linked militants with roots in Uzbekistan, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/police-10-arrested-in-terror-probe.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:44:38 EDT The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46737-hundred-dollar-laptop-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/100-laptop-nonprofit-now-teamed-with-microsoft.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/100-laptop-nonprofit-now-teamed-with-microsoft.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 06:53:21 EDT Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdrawals. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46715-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/mccain-believes-iraq-war-can-be-won-by-2013.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/mccain-believes-iraq-war-can-be-won-by-2013.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 17:27:57 EDT