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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism

Reuters - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.

  • Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga -- pictured in Nairobi -- has said the Rwanda tribunal's most wanted man, Felicien Kabuga, who allegedly bankrolled the 1994 genocide, is most likely not in Kenya. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP
    Rwanda 'genocide financier' likely not in Kenya: PM AFP - 21 minutes ago

    NAIROBI (AFP) - The Rwanda tribunal's most wanted man, Felicien Kabuga, who allegedly bankrolled the 1994 genocide, is most likely not in Kenya, that country's prime minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday.

  • Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month. Photo:Derek Blair/AFP
    Britain rallies G20 on climate change AFP - 35 minutes ago

    ST ANDREWS (AFP) - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.

  • Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd left) poses with leaders of the Mekong river region (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the State Guest House, in Tokyo, on November 6. Photo:Franck Robichon/AFP
    Japan steps up aid to Mekong nations AFP - 37 minutes ago

    TOKYO (AFP) - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties.

  • Japan to increase aid to Myanmar: PM AFP - 37 minutes ago

    TOKYO (AFP) - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday said Japan plans to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.

  • This handout picture by the Spanish Defence Ministry (SDM) shows the Spanish tuna trawler Alakrana on October 3, near the Somali coast. Thousands of people have demonstrated, calling for the release of the 36 crewmen of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates under the threat of death. Photo:/AFP
    Thousands demonstrate for release of Spanish crew AFP - 45 minutes ago

    BERMEO, Spain (AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday calling for the release of the 36 crewmen of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates under the threat of death.


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