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Afghanistan stability 'not mission impossible': Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied on Sunday that the international community was failing in its mission in Afghanistan.

Brown's crisis handling fails to win over voters: poll (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:36 PM CDT

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown may have won international praise for taking the lead in the financial crisis, but his performance has failed to improve his prospects at home, a poll released Sunday showed.

London WWII-era bombproof tunnels up for sale (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:21 PM CDT

AP - For sale: A labyrinth of bombproof tunnels hidden about 100 feet beneath central London. Great location, mysterious past. And the price tag? Well, that's a secret.

Govt to limit immigration: minister (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:28 AM CDT

AFP - The government will impose tougher restrictions on immigration as the global financial crisis lifts unemployment to the highest rate in nearly a decade, the country's new immigration minister said on Saturday.