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File - British Army Lt. Gen. James Bucknall, the International Security Assistance Force deputy commander, speaks with Afghan National Army soldiers during his visit to Joint Combat Outpost Pul-e-Sayad, Afghanistan, April 27, 2011.

Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete
The Daily Telegraph Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. | Despite the winding down of operations, the remaining years... (photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton)

President Barack Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.

US election: 'When your name is Barack Hussein Obama, getting elected is difficult'
The Daily Telegraph Prejudice among some American voters will make it difficult for President Barack Obama to win re-election, he has suggested. | The remarks were made on ABC's The View Photo: AFP/GETTY | 7:57PM BS... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)

In this undated photo released by supporters of Chen Guangcheng, blind activist Chen Guangcheng, center, is seen in a village in China.

Round-Trip Tickets for Chen Could Upgrade U.S.-China Relations
The New York Times FacebookTwitterLinkedinShareShareCloseRedditTumblrDigg | E-mailPrint | HONG KONG — The status of the Chinese human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng remains somewhat fluid, as Beijing and Washington... (photo: AP / Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, HO)

A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC
Al Jazeera | Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some cynics couldn't help calling i... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)

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CPI (M) state secretary, Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami during a protest march on Labour day in Srinagar. the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 01 May 2012.

May Day marked by protests against austerity cuts
The Daily Telegraph From anti-austerity demonstrations in London, to Vladimir Putin enjoying a beer in Moscow, the Telegraph takes a look at May Day marches around the world. | 560 315 Teleg... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)

A pro-democracy protester holds a placard with picture of blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng outside China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong Monday, April 30, 2012 as they urge Beijing government stop persecution of Chen.

Dissident Chen Guangcheng's case complicates U.S.-China ties
The Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Even before a blind human rights lawyer slipped away from house arrest in rural China last week, Washington and Beijing were each trying to navigate a ... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)

Iceland's Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde, answers questions at a press conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Wednesday Oct. 9, 2008. Iceland suspended trading on its stock exchange for two days and took control of the country's largest bank the third to be placed under its protective umbrella on Thursday as it grappled with a banking crisis that is threatening to engulf the entire country. The Nordic nation's government also used sweeping new emergency powers to create a new bank that will take over the bulk of the domestic operations of another one of its collapsed ban

Former prime minister Geir Haarde of Iceland says he did not cause financial chaos
The Daily Telegraph I was not to blame for bank crisis, claims former prime minister Geir Haarde of Iceland after escaping prison sentence. | Geir Haarde and his wife Inga Jona Thordardottir... (photo: AP / Arni Torfason)

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak answers questions during a press conference after the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Lubomir Galko in Bratislava, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.

Ehud Barak says Iran seeks 'apocalyptic' policies
The Independent | Addressing foreign diplomats on Israel's Independence Day late on Thursday, Mr Barak said Iranian leaders were not "rational in the Western sense of the word – c... (photo: AP / CTK, Jan Koller)

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