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| By the time President George W. Bush left office, Russian-American relations had deteriorated alarmingly. Russia bore a good part of the blame, harassing opponents, stifling a free press and bullyin... (photo: Public Domain / Happyme22)
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 US Marines to 'drink lots of tea'
By Ali Gharib | WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new United States strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented - including a sur... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool) Asia Times
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 A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow
| By M K Bhadrakumar | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic run... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) Asia Times
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 US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns
| (AP) - NAWA, Afghanistan-U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the s... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini) Syracuse
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 Russia 'agrees US troop transit'
| A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace. | The deal, w... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service) BBC News
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 Dutch 'success' in Afghan conflict
| Parked on the tarmac at Kabul airport was the gleaming, freshly-painted Antonov plane. We climbed aboard the first ever commercial flight to Uruzgan. | Inside we had a ... (photo: AP) BBC News
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 Gen. Petraeus, head of US Central Command, says Taliban a dangerous, resilient enemy
| CALGARY, Alberta - The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle ... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh, File) Star Tribune
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 No new provinces in Pakistan - Gilani
| Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has rejected calls to divide Punjab province and create another province to be called Seraiki or Bhawalpur. | &qu... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan) Gulf News
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 AFGHANISTAN-ANGOLA: Rice production high but imports steady
web | Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN DAKAR, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Paddy rice production in Africa is forecast to be 25.6 million tons this year, virtually unchanged from... (photo: Creative Commons) IRINnews
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 Hundreds of British troops seize Helmand canals in U.S.-led 'Strike of the Sword'
| Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, in one of the largest operations that overstretched forces h... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) The Daily Mail
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 Russia to allow US weapon shipments to Afghanistan
| Click photo to enlargeRussia's President Dmitry Medvedev seen during his visit to the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on Thursday, July 2, 2009. Med... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze, Pool) Denver Post
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 Russia to allow US weapon shipments to Afghanistan
| The Associated Press | MOSCOW - A Kremlin aide says Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan. | President Dmitry Medvedev's foreig... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) Philadelphia Daily News
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