Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign (AP)

AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:03:19 GMT

U.N.'s Ban to urge Myanmar leader to free prisoners (Reuters)

Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has a rare meeting with Myanmar's top general on Friday where he will urge the secretive leader to free all political prisoners and ensure next year's elections are credible.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:54:40 GMT

Pakistan desperately short of money to resettle Swat residents (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Major Western countries, after applauding Pakistan's military crackdown on Islamic extremists in the Swat valley in the country's northwest, haven't pledged the money needed to resettle the population now that the fighting is mostly over, and humanitarian organizations fear that 2 million people will be sent back home before it's safe to go. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:00 GMT