Conflict stories:
Ukraine PM pledges to fulfil gas transit deal
Nov 19th, 2009 - Reuters
YALTA, Ukraine, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko on Thursday told Russia's Vladimir Putin thatUkraine would scrupulously fulfil its obligations on the transitof Russian natural gas to Europe.
Obama CBS Interview: I'd Fire The Afghanistan Decision Leakers
Nov 18th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
AP BEIJING — President Barack Obama said Wednesday his upcoming strategy in Afghanistan will "put us on a path towards ending the war" and that his goal is not to pass the conflict on to the next president.Prolonged Struggles Loom in Pakistani Battle Zone
Nov 17th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
SARAROGHA, Pakistan -- Troops from the Pakistani army are pressing deep into a tribal region along the Afghan border as they try to defeat one of the country's most powerful Taliban factions.While Obama patiently ponders Afghan policy, impatient Americans are already ...
Nov 17th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
As the globe-trotting President Obama presumably ponders his military options in the eight-year war in Afghanistan that isn't going that well, some ominous new poll numbers just out this afternoon for him to include.
D.C. board won't allow gay marriage ban on ballot
Nov 17th, 2009 - The Seattle Times
A measure to let voters decide whether to ban same-sex marriages in D.C. cannot go on the ballot because it would violate a city human rights law, the Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday. The D.C...



