Newsline 28 January 2010: Afghanistan says it will need foreign help for at least another 15 years; why Obama is as popular as ever in the Dutch province of Friesland; and Apple expects a heavy flow of customers demanding its new iPad.
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Afghanistan needs 15 more years of support
World leaders are meeting in London today to discuss the ongoing problem of stabilising Afghanistan, and the country's President Hamid Karzai says he'll need another 15 years of help. Our correspondent Bette Dam explains what the conference is hoping to achieve.
Obama finds fans in Friesland
By promising to boost the economy in his state of the union address, President Obama acknowledged that many voters are disappointed by what he's done in his first year in office. But in the Dutch province of Friesland, he's still got pulling power. Perro de Jong reports
iPad proves i-fad
The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, has launched the company's much-vaunted iPad, and computer nerds worldwide have opinions on whether it was worth the hype. We ask techno-journalist Herbert Blankesteijn what he thinks of Apple's latest offering?
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He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. To all the living there is hope;for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
AND HAMID KARZAI FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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