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Tribe gives warning to Karzai's opponents
KHOST, Sept 23: One of the largest Pakhtun tribes in southeastern Afghanistan threatened on Thursday to torch the homes of voters who fail to elect incumbent Hamid Karzai in next month's presidential vote. ... 
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Marketing the new Afghanistan
KABUL: "If you are showing the new Afghanistan, you cannot do it with a photo of a cemetery!" explains an exasperated worker with the media production house guiding Afghan presidential candidates into the murky world of political marketing. ...
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More troops needed to secure Iraq: Abizaid
WASHINGTON, Sept 23: Amid escalating violence in Iraq, the top US commander has acknowledged more troops are needed to secure the country before elections in January. ...
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13pc of US blacks unable to vote
WASHINGTON, Sept 23: Millions of US citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov 2 presidential election because of legal barriers ...
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Gaza pullout to last 12 weeks
JERUSALEM, Sept 23: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Wednesday that Israel's withdrawal of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip would start in the summer of next year and last 12 weeks. ...
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Turkey gets positive signal on EU entry: 'Rivers of Islam' will overrun Europe: Paris
BRUSSELS, Sept 23: The European Commission on Thursday gave its strongest endorsement yet of Turkey's readiness to start talks for membership of the European Union ...
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'Dead' soldier appears in Uzbekistan court
TASHKENT, Sept 23: A former Soviet soldier once thought to have been killed in action in Afghanistan appeared in an Uzbek court on Thursday after being extradited from Pakistan. ...
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Confusion over fate of Italian hostages
ROME, Sept 23: Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims for the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq, but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate. ...
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Bullet-proof cars for Saarc summit
DHAKA, Sept 23: The government of Bangladesh has decided to take special security measures for heads of state and government and other dignitaries who will be attending the Saarc summit in Dhaka, to be held from Jan 9 to 11. ...
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Richest states considering debt write off for the poorest 33
WASHINGTON: Non-governmental organisations that have been campaigning for years to write off tens of billions of dollars in debt owed by poor countries to international financial institutions ...
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'True conservatives' would back Kerry
If they were true to their principles, moderate Republicans and consistent conservatives would be supporting John Kerry. Instead, their acquiescence to the reckless whims of George W. Bush marks a descent into that political abyss ...
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Gandhi's prisoner?
DURBAN: Mahatma Gandhi's iron-fisted control over the life of his son is the focus of a newly released book in South Africa, written by his great grand daughter. ...
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