Washington Independent Writers

Pakistan eyes Taliban front after S. Waziristan
AP Worldstream; 12/13/2009; 1285 words; ...take on a resurgent Afghan Taliban. To Washington's chagrin, Islamabad has focused on...regions is severely restricted, making independent verification of such details nearly impossible...operations in Khyber. ___ Associated Press writers Munir Ahmad and Asif Shahzad contributed...

Pakistan PM says South Waziristan offensive over
AP Online; 12/12/2009; 1293 words; ...take on a resurgent Afghan Taliban. To Washington's chagrin, Islamabad has focused on...regions is severely restricted, making independent verification of such details nearly impossible...have fled there. ___ Associated Press writer Asif Shahzad contributed to this report...

Barack Obama honours Robert De Niro in Washington.
Independent Television News Limited (ITN); 12/11/2009; 488 words; ...Barack Obama was in Washington to hand out awards...Barack Obama was in Washington to hand out awards...handed out to comic writer/producer Mel Brooks...State Hillary Clinton. Independent Television News Limited...All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited...

Pandora
The Independent - London; 12/10/2009; 791 words; ...famously belligerent independent MP hardly bothered to...adviser - a former speech writer to Robin Cook, who has...in Nato, Tehran and Washington - has secured his future...garments. pandora@independent.co.uk

Mcdonnell 'very cautious' of barging into deal for ports.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot; 12/10/2009; 714 words; ...investment bank Goldman Sachs, and a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm...likely to be the appointment of an "independent review panel" by state Secretary of...administration," Homer wrote. Pilot writer Bill Bartel contributed to this report...