Press review | 26/01/2010

 

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The West wants to reach out to Taliban

The West wants to reach out to Taliban

 

In the run-up to the Afghanistan conference which starts Thursday in London, calls for negotiations with the radical Islamist Taliban are mounting. A sign of the growing helpnessness of the international community deployed in the Hindu Kush, writes the press.

With articles from the following publications:
Die Presse - Austria, Postimees - Estonia, Il Sole 24 Ore - Italy, Diário de Notícias - Portugal

ECONOMY

Dagens Nyheter - Sweden

New buyer little good to Saab

CULTURE

Artportal - Hungary

Cultural damage in Haiti

SOCIETY

The Independent - United Kingdom

The burqa is not a civil right

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