After decades of fighting, Afghanistan is awash in weapons, contributing to ongoing instability. Disarming Afghanistan is a key priority for coalition forces and the Afghan government, and a plan has been in place to do that for some three years.
But it is having little success.
Imran Khan reports.
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For the second day, controlling inflation has been the focus at China’s annual legislature congress.
Despite inflation levels at record highs, skilled professionals appear unconcerned about the situation.
Melissa Chan reports.
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Hillary Clinton releases a radio ad in Wyoming before the presidential caucuses, March 6, 2008 Posted by Veracifier
Ron Paul was recently featured in an op-ed article on Forbes.com:
Trailwatch reached out to each of the remaining presidential campaigns and offered them an unedited forum in which they could address voters. As he was when we requested information for our Candidate Screener, Ron Paul was the first candidate to respond to our offer. We asked each campaign to submit 500 to 1,000 words on the issues they believe are the most important ones facing the nation at this moment in time. Here is what Ron Paul had to say.
–Paul M. Murdock
Mar 5 - Crude oil prices surged $5 to close at a record $104.52 a barrel after a surprise drop in U.S. supplies and inaction by OPEC.The group of leading oil producing nations said the record high price of oil was out of its control and blamed the weak dollar for pushing oil towards $105 a barrel.
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Senator Hillary Clinton has won both of Tuesday’s major primaries - in Ohio and Texas. She’d earlier claimed the smaller prize of Rhode Island, while her competitor for the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama, won Vermont, the other smaller state to vote.
Reporting by RussiaToday
The magazine Vanity Fair reports in its April edition that President Bush and Condoleeza Rice, the US secretary of state, signed off on a plan for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to quash the Hamas authorities.
Sami Zeidan of Inside Story investigates.
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