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AfghanistanSun.com Friday 9th January 2009 Issue 1723
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"We just had a child. We had to amputate both legs and the arms and the only crime they have done is been civilians, Palestinians living in Gaza. The relief now is not more doctors and more drugs the relief now is to stop the bombing immediately. This can not go on. It is a disaster"
Mads Gilbert
The Norwegian doctor who is working at a hospital in Gaza, was talking to Sky News.

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Central Asia
  • Estonian Ambassador to Azerbaijan and Turkey arrived in Baku
  • The agitation group of the ruling party “New Azerbaijan” starts signature gathering campaign
  • Azeri Light oil prices above USD 50 a barrel
  • Haji Gamet is not able to commit jihad in Azerbaijan

    US Military
  • Coalition of navies sets up new counter-piracy task force
  • Californian woman raises troop morale and funds with
  • Ex-prostitutes accuse South Korea, US military of sex trade during 60
  • US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,223
  • GI hit, killed by Seoul bus identified as Army officer

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    Karzai berates US over more civilian deaths
    Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has rebuked US/Coalition forces for running an operation that killed 17 civilians, including women and...

    Militants kill Pakistani government official, guard
    Suspected Taliban militants Thursday assassinated a senior government official and his guard in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, officials and residents...

    Japan to dispatch 1st civilian officials to Afghan reconstruction team+
    team+ (AP) - TOKYO, Jan. 9 (Kyodo)—The Japanese government will dispatch two to three civilian officials to take part for the first time in reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan under the...

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    World News
    UN Security Council passes vote on Gaza - US abstains
    The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution paving the way for the implementation of a ceasefire in...

    General Petraeus says more troops will leave Iraq
    Speaking to reporters in Washington, top US military commander, David Petraeus, has suggested there will be a further troop reduction in...

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    A moderate earthquake has hit southern...

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    Business News
    Prosecutors want Madoff in jail
    US prosecutors have alleged Bernard Madoff was ready to send out $173 million dollars in signed cheques when he was arrested last month....

    Pornography kings cry poor to Congress
    The CEO’s of pornography businesses, Hustler and Girls Gone Wild, have asked the US Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of Americans by considering an industry...

    Unemployment hits Michigan in a big way
    In the US state of Michigan, unemployment benefits are now running in the hundreds of...

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    We dont dodge the controversies either, the impact of the Afghan warlords that retain power throughout much of the country, the continuing presence of Taliban elements, the aftermath of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, eliminated in the military conflict of late 2001 and early 2002, and the resurgence of the opium growing and drug trade in Afghanistan.

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  • Karzai deplores civilian deaths
  • Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan suicide attack
  • US, Iran Have Shared Interest In Afghanistan - Petraeus
  • Afghans, including Karzai, Wary Of "Militia" Plan
  • Afghan, Pakistan problems are really one

    Muslim News
  • Shias observe Ashura across Pakistan
  • Muslims participate in Muharram processions in UP, MP
  • Gunfire persists between Muslim militants and India
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  • Muslims to apologise for prayers held in front of Milan cathedral

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