 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised two key allies in the fight against terrorism who are sometimes at odds, calling Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai two leaders the world is lucky to have. But, Rice added, she expects Pakistan's military leader to fulfill his promise to hold democratic elections next year. "There has to be, the world expects there to be, democratic, free and fair elections in Pakistan in 2007," Rice said, speaking to reporters en route to a meeting with Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 and has refused to give up his Army uniform. Musharraf is the same person we used to call the killer and enemy of Democracy and we had sanctions on him, but overnight, he became our bosom buddy. Isn’t Politics grand, they can shift gears in an instance, one day an enemy, next your best friend. Trouble is, innocent people are killed when they do it ...
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 Wi-fi pioneers offer cheap router |
A Spanish firm is to sell subsidised routers as part of a plan to turn domestic wi-fi networks into public hotspots. Fon will sell wi-fi routers, which allow people to surf the net wirelessly, for $5 (£2.75). The company, which has financial backing from Google and Skype, aims to create public wi-fi networks street by street across the US and Europe. "Wi-fi is universal in cities, but access isn't," said Juergen Urbanski. Mr Urbanski said Fon was aiming to have 50,000 working hotspots worldwide by September, 150,000 by year-end and one million hotspots by the end of 2007. To date, 54,000 people worldwide have signed up to become "foneros," up from 3,000 in February, according to the company. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5116960.stm
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| Congress: Bush claims he can ignore laws he signs |
The White House on Tuesday defended President Bush's prolific use of statements that tend to limit the impact of bills he signs into law, saying they help him uphold the Constitution and defend the nation's security. "There's this notion that the president is committing acts of civil disobedience, and he's not," said Bush's press secretary Tony Snow, speaking at the White House. "It's important for the president at least to express reservations about the constitutionality of certain provisions." Snow spoke as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter opened hearings on Bush's use of bill signing statements saying he reserves the right to revise, interpret or disregard a measure on national security and constitutional grounds. Such statements have accompanied some 750 statutes passed by Congress - including a ban on the torture of detainees and the renewal of the Patriot Act. ...
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=politics&id=4310535
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| Dozens killed in Afghan battle Victims include 2 UK soldiers, 4 Afghans, 29 Taliban militants |
Two British soldiers, four Afghan soldiers and 29 Taliban militants were killed in recent fighting across southern Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan authorities said on Tuesday.All of this comes during an upsurge of violence across the country between Taliban militants and forces of the U.S.-led coalition and the Afghanistan government.Gen. Rahmatullah Raufi, commander of Afghan forces in the south, said two soldiers were killed when an Afghan army patrol was attacked on Tuesday near Qalat in southeastern Afghanistan."In a firefight that followed 11 Taliban were killed, including a local Taliban commander," the general said.Maj. Quentin Innes, a Canadian Army spokesman, said an attack on a coalition-Afghan patrol in Musa Qala area of northern Helmand province on Monday resulted in the killings of eight Taliban militants and two Afghan Army soldiers....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/27/afghan.fighting/index.html?section=cnn_world
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| Rush Limbaugh Detained With Viagra Radio Host Held At Airport After Drug Found Without Prescription |
Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription. Customs officials found a prescription bottle labeled as Viagra in his luggage that didn't have Limbaugh's name on it, but that of two doctors, said Paul Miller, spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. A doctor had prescribed the drug, but it was "labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes," Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, said in a statement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection examined the 55-year-old radio commentator's luggage after his private plane landed at the airport from the Dominican Republic, said Miller. ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/27/national/main1753947.shtml?source=RSS&attr=U.S._1753947
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| Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan |
Two British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today.A MoD spokesman said the pair died after an attack in the Sangin area of the Helmand province in the south of the country."We can confirm that UK forces have been involved in an incident in the Sangin valley during which we regret to confirm that two members of the UK armed forces have been killed in action."Next of kin are currently being informed and no further details are being released at this time."...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1806940,00.html
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