Iran, U.S. spar over Afghanistan
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a top U.S. official accused each other’s countries of having ulterior motives in Afghanistan during separate meetings with Afghan officials on Wednesday.
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Iran, U.S. spar over Afghanistan
Climate panel to receive external review
The beleaguered panel investigating global climate change has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.
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Climate panel to receive external review
Bali bomb suspect killed in Indonesia
Indonesian counterterrorism authorities won international praise on Wednesday, one day after killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings.
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Bali bomb suspect killed in Indonesia
Afghan detainee torture risk raised in 2005: diplomat
A Canadian diplomat with extensive experience in Afghanistan says she raised the possibility that detainees transferred from Canadian to Afghan custody were at risk of torture back in 2005, but her concerns were ignored.
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Afghanistan fight faces ‘hard days ahead’: Gates
U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Afghanistan and praised the NATO-led counter-insurgency success in reclaiming the city of Marjah, but stopped short of saying the war is at a turning point.
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Afghanistan fight faces ‘hard days ahead’: Gates
Cannon ‘troubled’ over Karzai’s power move
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says he is troubled by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s apparent move to give himself power over a key electoral watchdog.
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Cannon ‘troubled’ over Karzai’s power move
Teachers filmed lap-dancing at school event
Two Winnipeg high school teachers have been pulled off the job after they performed a lap dance in front of about 100 students during a school-sanctioned pep rally.
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Afghan Tora Bora leader killed in blast: police
An Afghan tribal leader who played a major role in a failed attempt to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden in 2001 was one of 15 people killed by a suicide bomber in eastern Afghanistan.
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Afghan Tora Bora leader killed in blast: police
NATO airstrike kills 19 civilians: Afghan officials
At least 19 civilians died in a NATO airstrike on a convoy of vehicles in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
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NATO airstrike kills 19 civilians: Afghan officials
Taliban leaders arrested in Pakistan
Two Taliban shadow governors from northern Afghanistan have been arrested by Pakistani authorities.
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Taliban leaders arrested in Pakistan
