Seven years on, some Afghans are missing the Taliban (The Daily Star Lebannon)Abdul Latif, selling blocks of ice from a wooden cart on a ragged Kabul street, says he cherishes the "freedom" brought by the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime in a US-led offensive seven years ago. But today, "everything is so expensive," laments the 46-year-old who has spent half his life as a fighter in Afghanistan's nearly three decades of war.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:57:58 GMT)
Spam volume down in September (CNET)MessageLabs cites demise of one ISP and finds that the peak time of day for sexually explicit spam falls around the noon hour.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:52:47 GMT)
Inside a Managed Spam Service (CircleID)A managed spam vendor always has to raise the stakes during its introduction period on the market. But what happens when a market follower starts using the market leader's proprietary managed spamming system, and is able to provide better spamming rates at cheaper prices? Market forces and unethical competition at its best.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:09:27 GMT)
Afghan war cannot be won militarily: U.N. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The war in Afghanistan cannot be won militarily and success is only possible through political means including dialogue between all relevant parties, the United Nations' top official in the country said Monday.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:16:07 GMT)
War vet's drug appeal shot down (CNN)Iraq war veteran Patrick Lett admits he made a mistake, one that sent him to jail and resulted in a criminal record. (From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:17:48 GMT)
'Economic war cabinet' battles to protect banks (AFP via Yahoo! News) Prime Minister Gordon Brown convened an "economic war cabinet" on Monday to grapple with how to protect ailing British banks after Germany raised the stakes in responding to the latest turmoil.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:13:35 GMT)
Priestley war letters published (BBC News)Letters by writer JB Priestley from the trenches of World War I are published for the first time.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:19:52 GMT)
Russian Central Bank Sells Most Dollars Since War, MDM Says (Bloomberg)Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Russia's central bank sold more dollars than in a single day since the end of the country's war with Georgia as it sought to support the ruble amid the turmoil in financial markets, MDM Bank said.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:33:37 GMT)