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DNA India The age of gold is not over just yet Until the rising reserve powers of Asia, Russia, and the Gulf regain trust in the shattered credibility of the world's two great fiat currencies - if they ever do - gold is unlikely to crash far or... (photo: AP Photo / Donna McWilliam) Asia Currency Economy Gold Photos Wikipedia: Currency war |
Al Jazeera US experts to aid Pakistan rescue effort The US has sent a team of experts to help Pakistan search for 135 people buried since Saturday by a massive avalanche that engulfed a military complex in a mountain battleground close to the Indian... (photo: AP / Inter Services Public Relations, HO) Avalanche Disaster Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Siachen Glacier avalanche |
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The Independent A dirty deal: Uzbek dictator 'has UK over a barrel' Senior officials admitted yesterday that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov had the UK "over a barrel", after his country emerged as the favoured route home... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup) Defence Photos UK Uzbekistan Wikipedia: Islam Karimov |
Al Jazeera Zalmai Rassoul: The case for Afghanisation The long war in Afghanistan goes on. Despite the presence of thousands of US and NATO troops, the level of violence is still rising in the country. The relationship... (photo: US Army / Public Domain) Afghanistan Nato Photos War Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
Al Jazeera Bhutan's happiness holds out hope More than 600 world leaders, economists and academics at the United Nations are reassessing the link between happiness and economic prosperity. While a nation’s... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Bhutan Economists Leaders Photos UN Wikipedia: Bhutan |
Al Jazeera Suu Kyi hails Myanmar polls as 'new era' Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has hailed the recent round of Myanmar by-elections, overwhelmingly won by her party, as the harbinger of a "new era". Her... (photo: AP) Democracy Elections Myanmar Photos Wikipedia: Aung San Suu Kyi |
Gulf News Making sense of US-Pakistan ties Pakistan’s relations with the United States are not only important for the country but also for the entire region. Even as it waxes and wanes, the relationship has... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) Obama Pakistan Photos Washington Wikipedia: Pakistan–United States relations |