By Daniel P. Clerk

Imagine this suburban neighbourhood in a war-torn territory whose streets have been lined with pines and oak trees to form natural canopies. There is a 24-hour security service to protect the families of people of high places although the well-built armed guards are bored beyond imagination. There is a beautiful playground where all the little ones jump and roll and tumble and scream.
On the outskirts of the city, there is also a small village cosseted away in a leafy gated community where the real meaning of abject poverty can be understood in its entirety. The only source of portable water is a river flowing through a nearby thicket of bushes. Most children there while away their evenings telling folktales under a moonlit sky amid drumming and dancing.

There have been military operations taking place with the goal of pushing out Taliban rebles from various villages in the south of Afghanistan. During the operation, two Afghan soliders and 23 militants were reported to have been killed.

Supported by Canadian forces, the Afghan troops targeted villages in the Arghandab district of the Kandahar province.

48 Police officers who had been held hostage for a day were freed in southern Peru by demonstrators. The protesters located in the Moquegua, a state close to Peru's border with Chile, had taken hostages on Monday in the midst of their demonstrations for a greater share of revenue from mining. For close to a week, the protesters have blocked sections of the Pan American Highway.

\With Velvet Revolver's search for a new frontman on the move, numerous rock-star wannabes are trying their chances through online audition tapes in hopes of filling in Scott Weiland's old spot in the band.

As reported earlier, Scott Weiland is no longer a part of the band Velvet Revolver. Since then, the bad has been on the lookout for someone to replace Weiland.

In June 14th legend of rock, Paul McCartney performed in Kiev. To see legend of rock came 350000 people. It was raining almost all day, but 350000 people came to main square of Kiev to see the concert of Paul McCartney. In this article we're showing some videos of that concert.