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Saturday, January 06, 2007 |
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Taliban: War to continue |
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NEW YORK CITY: In possibly his first interview since his ouster in
2001, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar told The New York Times he
has not seen Osama bin Laden in five years, and vowed to continue
fighting to free Afghanistan from foreign troops.
“I have neither seen him nor have made any
effort to do so, but I pray for his health and safety,” Omar said
of the al-Qaeda leader with whom he said he shares the “common
goal” of driving US troops from Afghanistan.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Violence, child-sex perturb Sihanouk
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Former King Norodom
Sihanouk said he was “perturbed morally and psychologically” by
the violence and child-sex crimes that continue to plague his
country, in a New Year’s message posted Friday on his website.
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Bush selects replacement for Negroponte
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WASHINGTON: Retired Vice Adm. John M. “Mike”
McConnell will replace John Negroponte as director of national
intelligence, with a shuffling of Negroponte to a high-level post at
the State Department.
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Bush names new envoy to United Nations
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WASHINGTON: Zalmay Khalilzad, to be named the
new US ambassador to the United Nations, is a blunt diplomat who
helped President George W. Bush lay the foundation for regime
changes in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Two journalists freed in Myanmar
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YANGON, Myanmar: Two journalists who languished
for years in Myanmar prisons have been freed as part of an amnesty
granted to some 2,800 inmates.
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I N B R I E F
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SEOUL: Activity has been detected near
the site of North Korea’s first nuclear test but there are no
signs yet of preparations for a second test. South Korea’s Defense
Minister Kim Jang Soo said last month that North Korea might stage...
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