Pakistan risks human catastrophe

Pakistan risks ‘human catastrophe’ Aljazeera.net Thousands of civilians trapped in Pakistan’s Swat valley, where the military is battling Taliban forces, face a “humanitarian catastrophe” unless help reaches them soon, a rights group has...

Tens of thousands rally in georgian capital

 Picture: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (GEORGIA)Young people prepare for a rally in the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti today. Russian troops were still manning checkpoints in Georgia and patrolling a Black Sea port even after Moscow pulled back much of the force it...

Iraq says time for british troops to go paper

Britain was U.S. President George W. Bush’s main ally in the March 2003 U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted on Monday as saying it was time for British soldiers to leave the south of the country because they were no longer...