23 Nov 2009 11:51:00 GMT Inequalities fuelling HIV pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, says IFRC report International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland The HIV pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean is fuelled by a range of social and economic inequalities exacerbated by high levels of stigma, discrimination of highly vulnerable groups, and ...
23 Nov 2009 11:43:25 GMT Gunmen kill 21 in Philippine political war (Adds details on Ampatuan)
By Manny Mogato
MANILA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday, apparently to prevent a woman filing her ...
23 Nov 2009 11:40:10 GMT PAKISTAN: Fears over planned Karachi rail project On 3 September a Pakistan government committee approved a project worth Rs 128.5 billion (US$1.54 billion) to
revive the Karachi Circular Railway and turn it into a modern commuter service, but not everyone is pleased: some 7,000 households will need to be relocated.
23 Nov 2009 11:38:36 GMT Reuters South Asia News highlights 1200 GMT Nov 23 - - - -
HANGU, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest, killing 22 militants, a senior police official on Monday.
The attack ...
23 Nov 2009 11:37:21 GMT Reuters South Asia News highlights 1137 GMT Nov 23 - - - -
HANGU, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest, killing 22 militants, a senior police official on Monday.
The attack ...
23 Nov 2009 11:34:07 GMT FACTBOX-Military and civilian deaths in Iraq Nov 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed in action on Sunday, south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. No further information was given.
Following are the latest figures for soldiers and ...
23 Nov 2009 11:31:14 GMT Seeking true cost of troop buildup; White House, Pentagon differ on war's price tag
WASHINGTON
As President Barack Obama measures the potential burden of a new war strategy in Afghanistan, his administration is struggling to come up with even the most dispassionate of predictions: the actual price tag for the anticipated ...
23 Nov 2009 11:31:13 GMT 'Lost Boys' find calling; War refugees return to Sudan to aid villages, themselves
After he fled Sudan's civil war in the 1980s, Garang Mayuol knew in his heart that he would return.
About 3,800 young Sudanese men known as "Lost Boys" came to the United States in 2001, including Mayuol and 124 others who settled in the ...
23 Nov 2009 11:30:13 GMT FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Nov 23 (For more on Afghanistan, click [ID:nAFPAK])
Nov 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1130 GMT on Monday.
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Two U.S. service members died as a ...
23 Nov 2009 11:28:46 GMT Q+A-India, U.S. and Pakistan By Krittivas Mukherjee
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan are not necessarily those of the United States, a rare, harsh ...
