KABUL, AFGHANISTAN Again the Taliban or insurgency have left their mark on the Afghan capital. Its city centre shopping centre and Safi Hotel left a shattered wreck . In the gooey mud of Kabul’s semi-paved roads and non-paved pavements, piles of glass mingle into the freezing, oozy mud. Up aloft, several floors above...
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Phones
After the Kabul bomb attack
Inside North Korea: the ultimate package tour
The world's most notorious socialist state is a land of haywains and empty highways, unlit cities and undimmed reverence for the Great Leader The strangest of all the very strange things about the strangest place on earth, North Korea, is that it's surprisingly easy to go there. Or at least, not as hard...
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Shaken but not stirred – confessions of a Haiti reporter
I’ve been back from Haiti for over a week now, and I am still troubled by the experience. I have not been visited by nightmares, and I have not been sucked into an emotional maelstrom because of what I have witnessed. In fact, precisely the opposite. I am troubled because I feel a...
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Moscow: from our correspondent
From ice sculptures to cocktail bars, Sky News' Amanda Walker knows where's cool in the Russian capital Why visit… During Maslenitsa (12-18 February) – butter week or pancake week, the festival before the start of Lent – Red Square will be full of food and drink vendors, live music and ice sculptures. Alternatively...
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Oxfam blog: empowering Haitians will make them part of the solution
Yolette Etienne (pictured below), from Port-au-Prince, has been Oxfam’s country director in Haiti for the past 10 years. She writes in a special series of posts for Channel 4 News. To find out more about Oxfam in Haiti visit their website here . It’s been two weeks since the earthquake struck Haiti. Driving...
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