The White House is pressuring Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaida and Taliban operatives in the lawless border area with Afghanistan that President Bush recently said was "wilder than the Wild West....
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Kabul (dpa) - Afghan police have Monday arrested four of the
suspected kidnappers of the German woman Christina M, freed
overnight, according to the Interior Ministry in Ka...
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Colombo (dpa) - The funeral of the political wing leader of the
Tamil rebel movement, SP Thamilselvan, was held in northern Sri Lanka
Monday as the military intensified secu...
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Pentagon Chief Robert Gates, in his push for a coordinated assault against the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring, is enlisting Pakistan's help and vowing better military coordination along the tro...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked NATO allies and colleagues for more effort in Afghanistan, but it is too early to tell whether his lobbying will pay off.In marathon meetings over five days...
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President Bush said Thursday that NATO allies need to supply more soldiers to Afghanistan and be willing to send them into the most violent battles with Taliban fighters, who are gearing up for a n...
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A suicide bomber exploded a tanker truck near a police checkpoint outside a market west of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least two officers and injuring nine people, police said.Police said they su...
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Marisa Tomei will star in the premiere of Will Eno’s “Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions,” at the Off Broadway Flea Theater. Previews will begin Nov. 3 for a Nov. 29 openin...
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Pentagon chief Robert Gates responded Sunday to Vladimir Putin's assault on U.S. foreign policy by saying "one Cold War is enough" and that he would go to Moscow to try to reduce tensions. Gates al...
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Rice: Pakistan must control border area
