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Ugly embassy fortress proves US expects no affection
The closure of the US embassy in Yemen highlights how vulnerable embassy facilities and its workers are in the age of the suicide bomber writes Patrick Cockburn.
Lock 'em up, then let 'em go - US forces try new strategy
Modelled on how Sunni nationalist groups in Iraq were induced to turn their backs on al Qaeda, the first examples of the new US policy of "reconciling" the Taleban are now being seen.
NZ sending enough troops, says new US Ambassador
The US will not ask New Zealand to send more troops to Afghanistan as part of Barack Obama's final surge, its new ambassador to Wellington says.
Obama orders final Afghan push
Barack Obama has announced he will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan despite growing pessimism about the war.
Diggers' dog comes back from the dead
In the wilds of war-torn Afghanistan, a US soldier came across a local man accompanied by a smart-looking black dog.
Taleban ambush targeted newly arrived NZ troops
New Zealand troops were fortunate not to be killed in a Taleban ambush.