By Guy Dinmore and Rachel Morarjee, Financial Times The US is proceeding with plans for a big crop-spraying programme to destroy opium poppies in Afghanistan, in spite of resistance from the government of President Hamid Karzai and objections from some senior US military officers who fear it will fuel the …

AFP – A suicide attacker struck a police patrol close to the governor’s office in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, wounding at least three policemen, an officer said. Remains of the bomber, who had been on foot, were scattered across the road, which was immediately cordoned off by police, an …

Negocierile între preÅŸedintele ucrainean, pro-occidentalul Viktor IuÅŸcenko, ÅŸi premierul pro-rus, Viktor Ianukovici, vor continua în cursul zilei de astăzi, a anunÅ£at purtătorul de cuvânt al preÅŸedinÅ£iei de la Kiev, citat de France Presse. AnunÅ£ul a venit la capătul unei prime runde de discuÅ£ii, desfăşurate aseară, care a avut ca subiect …