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Outgoing NATO deputy rues early optimism on Marjah
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 AP - NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said.
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N.Zealand braces for more destruction after quake
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 AFP - New Zealand braced for more destruction Sunday as aftershocks and an approaching storm threatened an area of the country hit by the most devastating earthquake in decades.
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Taliban death threats hang over Afghan elections
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 AFP - Taliban insurgents appear to be making good on threats to kill candidates in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, adding a grim dimension to the ambitions of political hopefuls in the war-torn country.
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Pakistan cricketers square up amid fresh betting claims
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 AFP - Pakistan's cricket team prepared to face England in a one-day match Sunday under the shadow of fresh claims about an alleged betting scam and reports that a fourth player was being investigated.
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US expert warns of fallout from N.Korea collapse
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 AFP - North Korea's regime has long defied naysayers by persevering through famines, floods and global opprobrium. But what would happen if the upcoming power transition marks the beginning of the end?
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In Venice, Maggie Cheung still playing hard to get
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 AFP - Chinese megastar Maggie Cheung, in Venice for the screening of Isaac Julien's art film Better Life, has shunned the celluloid since becoming the first Asian actress to win in Cannes in 2004.
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Skydiving plane crashes near NZ glacier, killing 9
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 AP - A plane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular glacier in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing five New Zealanders and four European tourists, police said.
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Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank
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 AP - Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe.
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N. Zealand quake smashes buildings, rips new fault
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 AP - The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around a New Zealand city also ripped a new 11-foot- (3.5 meter-) wide fault in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday.
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Many desperate Pakistanis still wait for flood aid
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 AP - Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.
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Possible talks with Afghan insurgents draw closer
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 AP - In a further step toward reconciling with insurgents, President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will soon name the members of a council tasked with pursuing peace talks with rebels willing to break with al-Qaida and recognize the government in Kabul.
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Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis
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 AP - The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose to 65 Saturday as critically wounded people died in hospitals, while a suspected U.S. missile strike killed seven insurgents in a restive tribal area.
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Indonesian Muslims protest plan to burn Quran
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AP - Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran.
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SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit
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 AP - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan offered to resign Saturday amid accusations of nepotism over the hiring of his daughter for a ministry job, officials said.
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Sea lion mauls 11-year-old boy at Australian zoo
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 AP - An 11-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on.
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95 snakes found in burst bag at Malaysia airport
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AP - A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an official said Friday.
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Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks the habit
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AP - Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit. Footage of 2-year-old Aldi Rizal — who smoked up to two packs a day — puffing away circulated the Internet in May and sparked an international outcry. His parents said he'd throw tantrums every time they tried to stop him from lighting up.
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Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
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 AP - North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country.
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1st Australian female PM leads party to low point
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 AP - Whether or not she emerges as winner following recent elections, Australia's first woman prime minister will have led the nation's oldest political party to one of the lowest points in its 119-year history.
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Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
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 AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.
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