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NATO outlines expansion plans in Afghanistan
NATO will command five units scattered across northern Afghanistan complemented by additional soldiers to support elections threatened by militants, a spokesman for the peacekeeping force said yesterday.
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S Koreans bid farewell to beheaded hostage
Mourners paid an emotional farewell yesterday to a South Korean hostage beheaded by Islamic militants in Iraq as parliament prepared to launch a probe into the circumstances of his death.
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Powell warns Sudan to end attacks
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has warned Sudan to end attacks by Arab militia in Darfur which are accused of creating a humanitarian crisis.
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US recalls soldiers for Iraq and Afghanistan
The US Army plans to recall around 5,600 former soldiers for support and logistical duty in Iraq, resorting to a rarely used wartime program that allows it to recall soldiers who have left the service
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Israeli army seals off Gaza town
Palestinian teenager shot dead by troops
Israeli tanks and troops sealed off the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun as they stepped up an operation yesterday designed to end the firing of rockets on southern Israel that is expected to last months.
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Pakistan's new PM takes oath
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf swore in one of his key loyalists yesterday as new caretaker prime minister ahead of ex-banker Shaukat Aziz' ascendancy to the top post.
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