Karzai Denies Afghan Vote Fraud, Blames Media
Speaking at his first press conference since Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election, President Hamid Karzai on September 17 denied that massive fraud had...
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Japan May Withdraw Support for Afghan War
Yukio Hatoyama took office on September 16 as Japan's new prime minister, following an August 30 electoral victory in which he led the...
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Karzai Gets 54% of Afghan Vote, Dispute Continues
Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission released figures on September 16 showing President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent of the vote in the first complete...
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China Calls for WTO to Settle Trade Dispute
China's Ministry of Commerce on September 14 called for the World Trade Organization to help settle a tariff dispute with the United States...
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Will the U.S. Learn From Japan?
“Imagine a team of doctors who think more poison is the solution to poisoning.” That’s the attention-getting opening sentence leading off an invitation...
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U.S. and UK Eye Post-election Afghanistan
Weeks after Iraq's August 20 presidential election, with disputed returns giving incumbent President Hamid Karzai more than 50 percent of the vote —...
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Save the Planet: Take Off Your Coat and Tie
Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets, and ties to save electricity. By...
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U.S. Amb. to Karzai: “Don’t Declare Victory”
On September 7, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the status of that...
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Israel Approves More West Bank Building
Israeli officials announced on September 4 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will approve the construction of hundreds of new Israeli housing units in...
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Next Japanese PM Meets With U.S. Ambassador
Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met with the new U.S. ambassador to Japan John Roos on September 3, just four days...
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Reporters Dragged Into North Korea
The American television reporters who were imprisoned in North Korea, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, say they were “violently dragged” from Chinese soil...
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Lords of Chaos: The Kremlin’s Arms Merchants
“There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That’s one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is:...
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Karzai Leads in Afghan Election, But Runoff Likely
With more than 60 percent of the votes tallied from Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election, incumbent President Hamid Karzai had received 47 percent...
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Filipinos want US soldiers out
Calls to renegotiate a treaty that allows U.S. troops to operate in the Philippines — or to expel the forces altogether — are...
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The Soviet Roots of Terrorism
Americans have been conditioned to fear Islamic terrorism, but most Americans have been told little about how much of the international terror web...
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