DILI - The UN mission in East Timor needs to hand over formal control of the country's national police force as soon as possible to avoid doing irreparable damage, according to an influential think-tank. The slow handover of policing responsibiliti
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has acknowledged that the Reds' form this season has not been up to standard, but is urging players and supporters to pull together ahead of Sunday's trip to neighbours Everton. We're all aware the season isn't go
Taiwan’s Chinatrust Financial on Wednesday said it could cancel an agreement to buy 30 per cent of Nan Shan Life Insurance after the island’s financial regulator failed to approve its application for a private placement, a potential setback to AIG’s
LONDON - Opposition Conservatives, tipped to win power in an election next year, said Saturday they would pull the country's 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces. Defence spokesman Liam Fox told the Daily Telegrap
LYON, France - Liverpool will overcome seemingly impossible odds and qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League insisted their increasingly embattled manager Rafael Benitez. The Spaniard - who has overseen Liverpool's worst run in over
KABUL, Afghanistan --Unless President Hamid Karzai agrees to urgent steps to combat fraud, challenger Abdullah Abdullah will not participate in the Nov. 7 presidential runoff, senior aides to Abdullah said Saturday. Abdullah, a former foreign minist
KABUL - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said. A
UNITED NATIONS - Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday. An announcement
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