It isn’t the heat or the cold at night. It isn’t the incessant fleas biting you as you try to sleep in a compound. It isn’t the pumping adrenaline and fear when the round from insurgents come cracking in. What really strikes you is something altogether larger – the sheer, astonishing ambition of...
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Astonishing ambition of Nato hopes for the Afghan army
On the road in Luton
I am on the road in UK PLC taking the temperature ahead of the impending election. Luton is to be my first stop – I catch the 22.32 train from London’s St Pancras. What a station; what a train! A winter palace contrasted with an elderly cake tin. The cake tin takes off at...
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Coby outs $30 Snapp camcorder
Coby today unveiled three new camcorders in its budget Snapp line, pricing them between $30 and $80, well below the rival Flip and bloggie.
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Tamron announces commemorative 70-300mm telephoto lens
Tamron USA has announced that, marking their 60th anniversary, it has developed a new high resolution lens for digital SLR cameras. The SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD telephoto zoom lens has been produced first for the Nikon mount, with the eventual development of compatible mounts for Canon and Sony.
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Panasonic releases Lumix G 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Micro Four Thirds lens
Coinciding with the announcement of two new G series Micro Four Thirds cameras, Panasonic announces today a new G series 14-42mm standard zoom lens.
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