The general picked by the US president to turn things around in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq has admitted that he had misgivings about the so-called surge in Iraq and that results so far have been “mixed”.

In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has reiterated Kashmiris’ pledge to take their struggle to its logical end. 

Sikasso-African peasants at the forum held to counter the G8 summit criticised the subsidies enjoyed by the rich nations’ producers, which they said were squeezing them further into poverty.