Afghanistan withdrawal

In Aravind Adiga's, The White Tiger, the protagonist writes a series of letters to a Chinese leader. In one of these letters, he mentions 3 countries that have never been conquered; China, Afghanistan and Abyssinia aka Ethiopia. An Afghani I spoke to was of the opninion Afghanistan would be fine if all the foreign armies left.

Kenya 5 Ethiopia 4

With Kenya women chipping in with their first ever golds in the 800m and 1500m, Kenya was able to pip Ethiopia in the number of golds won. All of Ethiopia's golds were won by 2 people completing incredible double doubles in the men and women's 5000m and 10000m, Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. Sammy Wanjiru claimed Kenya's first ever marathon gold and Pamela Jelimo and Nancy Langat victories were historic for Kenya. Kenya confirmed her middle distance supremacy completing a men and women's double in the 800m, the men's 1500m and the event that is regarded as Kenya's own, the men's 3000m steeplechase.