Images from Kabul of refugees who have returned to Afghanistan.

The bodies of Royal Marines Neil Dunstan and Robert McKibben, who were killed in Afghanistan, are flown to the UK.

The UN refugee agency holds talks in Afghanistan to mobilise support for the return and reintegration of Afghan refugees.

MOSCOW (AFP)--Russia has authorized the transport of German military equipment to Afghanistan through Russian territory, the foreign ministry said Thursday, the first time Moscow has allowed such transit by a foreign state.

Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, details) MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia has granted NATO-member Germany permission to ship weapons and equipment for its force in Afghanistan overland through Russia, the Russian ...

A suicide car-bomber killed nine people and wounded 16, including two U.S. soldiers, in an attack on Thursday on a government compound in eastern Afghanistan, a government official said.

Source: Reuters MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia has granted the German military permission to ship weapons and equipment for its force in Afghanistan overland through Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - As several thousand soldiers return home, one Fort Campbell unit is on its way to Afghanistan. The 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, also known as "Thunder Brigade," cased its colors during a ceremony Tuesday that signals

The following are dispatches from bloggers who attended the recently concluded Chinese Bloggers Conference in Guangzhou. Attendees at the conference included a broad range of bloggers who write on technology, business, culture, and a variety of other topics. CN Reviews

Despite the acknowledged slowdown to single-digit GDP growth, some economic indicators suggest that the domestic Chinese economy is faring moderately well amidst the global financial turmoil, including the latest released figures on consumer spending, FDI and inflation.From the AP: China's

Officials have targeted the magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu for its positive reporting on the late party secretary Zhao Ziyang, who is usually not permitted to be mentioned in the Chinese media. From The Age:An official from the Culture Ministry visited the

John Leighton Stuart was an American born in China to missionary parents, and was the last U.S. ambassador to the country before ties were cut off in 1949. Forty-six years after his death, his wish to be buried in China

From China Beat blog:This morning the Los Angeles Times reported on a riot in Gansu that was touched off over disagreements on city planning issues. The report comes on the heels of an uptick in news in the last week

Oiwan Lam at GlobalVoices has posted translations of the results of a search of Chinese cyberspace for information on the Longnan riots. The violent clash between protesters and police was reportedly triggered by municipal government plans to demolish and relocate

China has requested that the U.S. lift its ban on Chinese-produced milk products, stating that the Chinese government has been successful on cracking down on melamine contamination:"We feel deep regret that the US insists on unilaterally taking these steps," [Chinese

More details are emerging about the riot in Longnan, Gansu earlier this week. The Washington Post writes about it and a taxi strike Wednesday in Chongqing, and puts both incidents in a larger economic context:In both provinces, officials attributed the

A monk leaps over a stream, by zdzarski.junior

As we have seen with recent taxi strikes and the riot in Longnan, Gansu, the Chinese government is employing a new strategy to deal with instances of social unrest: report it first and thereby determine the message. David Bandurski recently