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Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, speaks during a press conference in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday Oct. 6, 2008.

Karzai's brother denies drug connectionsComment3

Provincial chairman summons journalists to his home to denounce allegations in U.S. paper from 'politically motivated' sources 1:21 AM Comment3

Suicide bomber kills at least 18 at Pakistani politician's homeComment

A wave of violence from Islamic extremists against Pakistan's politicians intensifies 1:22 AM Comment

International

Europe scrambles to bolster banksComment6

Many governments offer deposit guarantees to reassure bank customers as stock markets dive on loss of confidence in banking system 06/10/08 11:35 AM Comment6

Reckoning

Europe to Canada: Get your act togetherComment123

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Doug Saunders 

There is something very dysfunctional about Canada, many Europeans believe, that makes it hard to fit into the wider world 04/10/08 8:19 AM Comment123

Afghanistan

Maharu, 9, from Jalalabad, won a skateboarding competition.

Valuable lessons from the Skateistan republicComment14

An Australian flouts the rules of the foreign-aid community to create an oasis of fun on the tough streets of Kabul 27/09/08 3:52 PM Comment14

Editor's choice

Ice cream landmark good to the last scoopComment

End of an era as first Carvel shop closes due to rising expenses 05/10/08 10:26 PM Comment

 
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The Americas 

Employees will testify in Palin probeComment192

Inquiry examining whether VP candidate abused her office by firing state official 05/10/08 8:34 PM Comment192

O.J. Simpson in isolation 'for his own safety'Comment63

Appeal cannot be lodged until after former football star is sentenced for kidnapping and robbery 05/10/08 3:23 PM Comment63

Europe 

Russia dismantles Georgia baseComment17

Russian troops show first sign of pulling out of Georgia under EU-brokered peace deal 05/10/08 8:48 AM Comment17

Middle East 

18 Burmese killed when packed truck crashesComment4

18 people are dead and 23 injured after a small truck carrying illegal immigrants from overturned on a Turkish highway 05/10/08 9:16 AM Comment4

Asia 

30 killed by quakes in TibetComment4

The U.S. Geological Survey said the first quake measured magnitude 6.6 and struck at 4:30 p.m. 80 kilometres west of Lhasa 06/10/08 1:14 PM Comment4

China vows clean up of 'chaotic' dairy sectorComment40

Government announces toughened rules after tainted milk products left thousands ill and shook confidence in 'made-in-China' 06/10/08 8:26 AM Comment40

Asia Pacific 

Thai police arrest top protest leaderComment

Former Bangkok mayor charged with insurrection 04/10/08 10:51 PM Comment

Africa 

Mortars kills 15 more in MogadishuComment1

Aid agencies appeal against horrendous violence as Islamist insurgents battle the government and its Ethiopian military backer 06/10/08 1:01 PM Comment1

Islamists demand hijacked weaponsComment13

Pirates who hijacked a tank-laden Ukrainian ship have refused to give weapons to Somalia's Islamist insurgents 05/10/08 9:13 AM Comment13

South Asia 

Tamil Tiger suicide bomber kills 27Comment6

A military spokesman says at least 80 others were wounded in the bomb attack at the United National party office in the town of Anuradhapura 06/10/08 8:24 AM Comment6

'We're not going to win,' British commander says of bid to quash TalibanComment112

Blunt statement came just days after a leaked diplomatic cable hinted that British ambassador in Kabul has a similarly dark forecast 06/10/08 9:30 AM Comment112

Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 20 in PakistanComment81

Strike reportedly took place in Mohammadkhel, a village in area that is a stronghold of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a veteran Taliban commander 04/10/08 11:02 PM Comment81

Ethnic clashes worsen in India's Assam stateComment11

Police shoot at violent mobs, killing 14 people, in third day of deadly ethnic clashes 05/10/08 10:50 AM Comment11

Miscellaneous 

HIV jumped to humans earlier than once thoughtComment56

The virus is believed to have been contracted from chimpanzees between 1884 and 1924, a new genetic analysis shows 02/10/08 5:07 AM Comment56


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