Archive for August 20th, 2009

Votes counted as West hails Afghan election (AFP)

Written by on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 in 396933.

Burqa-clad Afghan women show identification cards as they wait to cast their votes at a school converted to a polling centre in Kandahar on August 20. Votes were counted in Afghanistan Friday after a presidential election hailed as a success by the international community despite low turnout, Taliban violence and allegations of irregularities.(AFP/Banaras Khan)AFP – Votes were counted in Afghanistan Friday after a presidential election hailed as a success by the international community despite low turnout, Taliban violence and allegations of irregularities.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Detainees Shown CIA Officers’ Photos

Written by on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 in Latest News.

The Justice Department recently questioned military defense attorneys at Guantanamo Bay about whether photographs of CIA personnel, including covert officers, were unlawfully provided to detainees charged with organizing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to sources familiar with the…

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Man spells out marriage proposal in Ohio field

Written by on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 in Latest News.

KALIDA, Ohio – A wheat farm has become a field of dreams for an Ohio woman whose boyfriend spelled out a marriage proposal on the land and took her up in a plane to see it.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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