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2 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Indian man survives extraction of two metre iron rod from his body

An Indian man in Dubai survived a massive surgery to remove a two-metre-long iron rod that penetrated his body in an accident, daily newspaper Emirates Today reported Thursday.

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3 hrs ago | NewsTimesLive.com

Gates in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai, Petraeus

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks during the US Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, Wednesday Sept.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, Iraq, Hamid Karzai

4 hrs ago | Southeast Asia News

Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia

The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.

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Wed Sep 01, 2010

en.trend.az | Trend_News

US designates Pakistani Taliban as terror organization

The United States formally designated the Pakistani Taliban as a terrorist organization on Wednesday, slapping sanctions and travel bans on its leadership, reported dpa.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Southern China landslide kills 3, leaves 57 missing as death toll from floods rises to 3,185

Rescuers are searching for 57 people missing after a landslide hit southern China and killed at least three people.

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KSRO-AM Santa Rosa

John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling

American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another Muslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs.

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Related Topix: Prison, Federal Prisons, ACLU, World News, Afghanistan

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Pakistan army cancels US trip amid search dispute

Pakistan's military canceled a trip by officers to an annual meeting at U.S. Central Command after they were taken off a plane and subjected to "unwarranted security checks" at Dulles International Airport in Washington, a spokesman said Wednesday.

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KHWB-TV Houston

Afghan refugees hit by Pakistani floods forced to start over yet again

A young boy drinks water from a standpipe at a camp for people displaced by the floods near Sukkur, Pakistan, Wednesday Sept.

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Guardian Unlimited

Official: 3 bombs kill 25 at Pakistan Shiite march - AP

The explosions appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks by Sunni extremists against the minority Shiites they consider infidels.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Explosion

KOMOradio

Afghan school poisonings linked to toxic chemicals

Blood samples taken from Afghan schoolgirls who collapsed in apparent mass poisonings showed traces of toxic chemicals found in herbicides, pesticides and nerve gas, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

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Austin American Statesman

3 Oxfam workers killed in northeastern Afghanistan

A deputy provincial governor said Wednesday that the three Afghans died on Saturday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Badakhshan, where a group of suspected insurgents last month murdered 10 aid workers, including six Americans, two Afghans, one German and a Briton.

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Telegram

Afghan central bank says Kabul Bank is sound after officials leave amid corruption allegations

Afghanistan's central bank tried to shore up confidence in the country's biggest financial institution Wednesday after its top executives resigned amid allegations of mismanagement and corruption.

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KPLR-11

Saudi official denies Sri Lankan maid had nails driven into her by her Saudi employer

A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid's allegations that the couple she worked for in the Arab kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Pakistan Army cancels US trip after security check row

Pakistan Army cancels US trip after security check row

The Pakistan Army said Wednesday that it had cancelled a trip of its officers to the United States after they were "subjected to unwarranted security checks" at a Washington airport, DPA reported.

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Tue Aug 31, 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

Pakistan blocks UK offer of military aid for flood victims

Pakistan's intelligence agency has blocked a UK offer of military aid for flood victims amid a row that is threatening to overshadow Nick Clegg's visit to the country.

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The Victoria Star

Military jets pound insurgent hideouts, kill 8 in northwest Pakistan

A Pakistani official says government airstrikes have killed eight suspected insurgents in the Khyber tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

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Click2Houston

5 American Troops Killed In Latest Afghan Violence

Five U.S. troops were killed by roadside bombs and insurgent fire in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the latest casualties in a particularly bloody spell that has left 19 service members dead since Saturday.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Explosion

Montrose Today

Afghan occupation 'turning corner' Nick Clegg has insisted the...

Nick Clegg has insisted the military campaign in Afghanistan is "turning the corner" as he made a surprise visit to the country.

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Las Vegs Sun

Birthplace of the Taliban: The next battleground

As some 400 U.S. and Afghan soldiers gather to honor their first fallen comrade, mournful Muslim prayers mingle with the stutter of machine gun fire and the thud of exploding grenades just beyond their heavily fortified camp.

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Houston Chronicle

8 coalition troops killed in south Afghanistan

Roadside bombs killed eight members of the international force in Afghanistan - including seven U.S. troops - raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the previous three days, NATO said Tuesday.

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