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  		<title><![CDATA[Bomb hits Canadian convoy in Afghanistan 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - A suicide car bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in  southern   Afghanistan  on Tuesday, witnesses and a police officer said. There was no immediate word on casualties.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Afghan suicide car bomb kills NATO soldier 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-filled car near a NATO vehicle in  southern   Afghanistan , killing one of the alliance's soldiers, NATO said in a statement.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Roadside bomb kills 2 Afghan civilians 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Militants detonated a roadside bomb Thursday, killing a man and his grandson selling vegetables in eastern  Afghanistan .  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[British forces in Afghanistan in worst fighting in 60 years 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - British soldiers in  Afghanistan  are involved in some of the worst and most prolonged fighting since World War II, the British commander of NATO forces in the country said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[British forces in Afghanistan in worst fighting in 60 years: general 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - British soldiers in  Afghanistan  are involved in some of the worst and most prolonged fighting since World War II, the British commander of NATO forces in the country said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Three-quarters of US aid to Afghanistan going on security 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - The United States said it will give  Afghanistan  3.2 billion dollars in aid this year, with more than three-quarters earmarked for boosting the insurgency-racked country's army and police.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[British forces in Afghanistan in worst fighting in 60 years: general 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - British soldiers in  Afghanistan  are involved in some of the worst and most prolonged fighting since World War II, the British commander of NATO forces in the country said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Three-quarters of US aid to Afghanistan going on security 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - The United States said it will give  Afghanistan  3.2 billion dollars in aid this year, with more than three-quarters earmarked for boosting the insurgency-racked country's army and police.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Eight Afghan police, 12 Taliban killed in clash 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Eight policemen and 12 Taliban insurgents died when rebels ambushed a security patrol and a firefight broke out in restive  southern   Afghanistan , a provincial spokesman said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Fighting kills 20 in Afghanistan 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Fighting in Afghanistan's south left 12 suspected Taliban and eight police dead, while a roadside bomb Thursday killed an Afghan civilian in an eastern province, officials said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[112 year-old Afghan man welcomes U.S. 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - During its tumultuous past,  Afghanistan  has been coveted by the British, occupied by the Soviets and ruled by the Taliban.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Two NATO soldiers killed in accidents, one wounded in clash 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate accidents in  Afghanistan  while another was seriously wounded in a clash with insurgents, officials said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Australia To Send More Troops To Afghanistan]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Australia will send 150 more soldiers to  Afghanistan  to help secure the nation. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says they will bring their commitment to over 600 troops, the majority of which will help protect their engineers in the central Oruzgan province....]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan flooding kills at least 35 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - Local authorities pleaded Wednesday for emergency relief for thousands of villagers made homeless by heavy rain and flooding that has ravaged provinces in eastern  Afghanistan  and left at least 35 people dead.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Fifteen Taliban killed in attack on US base 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - US-led soldiers and warplanes killed 15 Taliban militants who attacked a coalition compound with rockets and rifles in mountainous eastern  Afghanistan .  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[More Australian troops head for Afghanistan 
    (Reuters)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Reuters - Australia will send an extra 150 
troops to  Afghanistan  due to the deteriorating security 
situation, Prime Minister John Howard said on Wednesday, 
briefly boosting Canberra's commitment to  Afghanistan  to more 
than 600.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Australia to send more troops to Afghanistan 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is to send 150 more troops to  Afghanistan , amid an escalating Taliban-led insurgency in the country's troubled south.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Taliban militants hang Afghan woman, son 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Suspected Taliban militants hanged a woman and her son from a tree after accusing them of spying for the government, while fighting between supporters of rival warlords in northwestern  Afghanistan  killed four people, officials said Wednesday.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Australia to send more troops to Afghanistan 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is sending further troops to  Afghanistan , amid an escalating Taliban-led insurgency there.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[NATO mistakenly kills Afghan policeman 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - NATO troops mistakenly killed an Afghan policeman, the organization said Tuesday.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[War on drugs in Afghanistan needs a change of strategy: UN 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - The war against drugs in  Afghanistan  needs a change of strategy because it has been unsuccessful so far, the top United Nations official in the world's biggest heroin-producing country said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[UN says Mideast crisis won't distract from Afghanistan 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - The international community has proimised not to forget  Afghanistan  despite the crisis in the  Middle East , a senior UN official in the war-torn country said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[British forces in Afghanistan need back-up: former colonel 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - A former British colonel hailed for his impassioned speech to soldiers before the  Iraq  war has said that British forces in  Afghanistan  needed far more support if they are to succeed.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Afghan foreign minister asks for help 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Afghanistan's foreign minister urged the world to stem the flow of extremists, weapons and terror funding into the country, as a British soldier was killed and the main base of the NATO-led security force came under rocket attack.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Last 200 SKorean Christians set to leave Afghanistan 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - The last 200 members of a South Korean Christian delegation were due to leave  Afghanistan  after their planned &quot;peace festival&quot; was called off amid security concerns, a Korean official said.  ]]></dc:description>
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