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Afghanistan NATO Photos US War | Afghan numbers don't add up
| By Syed Saleem Shahzad | KARACHI - The United States plans to bolster the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Afghanistan with an additional 12,000 to 15,000 troops to confront the Taliban-... (photo: (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq))
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 Court says Guantanamo documents should be released
LONDON - A British court on Thursday gave Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to reconsider his decision to withhold secret documents that could prove that a man held in Guantanamo Bay was torture... (photo: GNU / ) San Diego
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 Rice says U.S., Iraq coming together on timetables
| BAGHDAD: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said today U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded tha... (photo: AP / Oded Balilty, Pool) Ohio
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 Karzai teases Brown on Afghanistan visit
| Gordon Brown visited Afghanistan today to praise British troops, but couldn't escape questions about his leadership. | To his obvious irritation, the news conference wa... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) The Independent
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 ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinians return to school despite hardships
web | Photo: Shabtai Gold/IRIN RAMALLAH, 21 August 2008 (IRIN) - As one million Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip prepare to return to school next week... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra) IRINnews
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 Seif to follow father's footsteps?
| Tripoli - Seif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is increasingly seen as the successor to his father, despite publicly ruling out any dynastic ambitions i... (photo: EC) Independent online
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 High food prices hit Moroccans’ pockets
| RABAT - With the holy month of Ramadan approaching, Moroccans are stocking up on increasingly expensive foodstuffs, while their government resorts to special measures t... (photo: WN/Hend Fawzi) Middle East Online
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 Sarkozy's resolve sets an example
| The news from Afghanistan this month has been disheartening, to say the least. Canadian humanitarian workers slain. Multiple suicide bombings around a U.S. military bas... (photo: EC / EC) Globe and Mail
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 JORDAN: New study could lead to a cleaner city of Zarqa
web | Photo: Mohammad Ben Hussein/IRIN AMMAN, 21 August 2008 (IRIN) - A team of local and international environmentalists is to conduct a six-month study of the polluted ... (photo: Public Domain) IRINnews
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 Brown tells British troops they are the 'country's true heroes' during surprise Afghanistan visit
| Gordon Brown has pledged more help to train the Afghan national army after having brushed aside threats to his leadership. | Meeting the country's president Hamid Karza... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) London Evening Standard
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 Suicide bombers strike Pakistani weapons factory as political tensions mount
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Twin suicide bombings at a massive weapons factory near Pakistan's capital left at least 46 people dead Thursday, dashing hopes for an end to turm... (photo: AP) Star Tribune
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