Posts Tagged ‘presidential’
AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt officials and end a culture of impunity in an inauguration speech made under intense international pressure that he shed the cronyism and graft that marked his first term.
Reuters – Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to be sworn into office for a second full term on Thursday as he struggles to rebuild a tarnished reputation and convince the West he is still a credible partner after eight years of war.
AP – Authorities on Wednesday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family.
AP – Warlords helped drive the Russians from Afghanistan, then shelled Kabul into ruins in a bloody civil war after the Soviets left. Now they are back in positions of power, in part because the U.S.
AP – A senior U.S. diplomat flew in Tuesday to try to revive a U.S.-brokered pact between Honduras’ deposed president and the coup-imposed government ahead of elections this month
AP – Throughout the Cold War, Germany was the steadfast trans-Atlantic ally — and France the perpetual skeptic. Paris snubbed NATO, booted allied soldiers off its soil and sought a privileged relationship with Moscow.
AP – Grieving over the death of her son in Afghanistan, the woman tore into British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Gwalior, Nov 10 (ANI): In recognition of the distinguished service rendered to the nation, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will present the Presidential Standards to two premier combat units of the IAF, at Air Force Station here today.
Ranchi, Nov 10 (ANI): Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda will be questioned by the Income Tax (IT) officials here today over an alleged Rs 2,000 hawala transaction case.
Reuters – Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.