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Afghanistan’s elections to divide nations
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KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has picked a controversial
warlord as his running mate for August polls to splinter the
opposition but the move could cost him votes and Western support,
observers say.
Karzai revealed on Monday, just hours before
jetting out for talks with US President Barack Obama, that Mohammad
Qasim Fahim was on his ticket for a run at a second term, along with
incumbent vice president Karim Khalili.
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Medvedev marks one year in office, remains Putin’s ‘puppet’
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MOSCOW: It has not been an easy year for Dmitry Medvedev. Since his
inauguration on May 7 as Russia’s third president, he has had to
perform the country’s top job while making sure to “share”
power with Vladimir Putin, his longtime mentor who is now the
country’s prime minister.
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Killer flu cases top 1,000–WHO
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UNITED NATIONS: The number of swine flu victims topped the 1,000
mark on Monday as the United Nations’ most senior health official
warned a second wave of the virus could be far worse.
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Family stands trial for killing relative in Maori ‘exorcism’
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WELLINGTON: Nine members of a New Zealand family appeared in court
Monday on manslaughter charges after another member died during an
indigenous Maori exorcism ceremony.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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BILGE, Turkey: Masked gunmen stormed a wedding party in Turkey’s
Kurdish region hurling grenades and firing machine guns in an attack
which left 44 people dead—half of them women and children,
authorities said Tuesday.
-- AFP
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