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- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul The inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday came with all the usual ceremonial flourishes, including a suffocating security cordon.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity, speaking during an inauguration closely watched by the international community for signs that his administration is moving...
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Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest U.N. plan aimed at preventing Tehran from building nuclear weapons.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal.
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Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday.
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Karzai's first five-year term ended amid record levels of violence and a growing sense by the international community that unchecked corruption and incompetence were threatening to undermine the entire Afghan government.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of his inauguration to discuss corruption. Gwen Ifill reports.
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Clinton and Giuliani Disagree About Trying Suspected Terrorists in New York
WNYC | New York Public RadioNEW YORK, NY November 15, 2009 —Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has no problem with Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to hold trials in New York City for five people accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
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Eikenberry's misgivings center on a concern that bolstering the American presence in Afghanistan could make the country more reliant on the U.S. , not less.
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On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germans looked back in celebration at the event that effectively ended the Cold War. Jeffrey Brown reports. JIM LEHRER: And finally tonight: 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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"I like to say I'm on the side of the American public," CFTC chief Gary Gensler says. Full Article at USA Today
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Indo-US relationship which has strengthened rapidly after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union is, in fact, based upon mutual self-deceptions. Full Article at A Pakistan News
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This weeks photo of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich. , at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum drew 96 replies. Our favorites are below. Come back Dec. 2 for another opportunity to caption this. Full Article at Detroit Free Press
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Y ou have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don't mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for Going Rogue. But let us give credit where credit card is due. Full Article at Miami Herald
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Barack Obama's path to the presidency got its first big boost when he upset Hillary Clinton in the January 2008 Iowa caucus, riding his message of change, but now fewer than half of Iowans approve of his performance in office, according to a Des Moines... Full Article at Politics Daily
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We’re not interested in staying in Afghanistan. We have no long-term stake there.
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Goosby said President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have assured him his program remains among 'the highest priorities,'
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There are people who are called back who fought on behalf of the people of Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, who fought against al-Qaida and the Taliban and their allies
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Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin have a lot in common. Both had their White House dreams squashed by a black man.
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We know that there is a cross-border fertilisation of extremism and terrorism Afghanistan cannot get control over its territory and defeat the Taliban if they can go across the border into Pakistan as a safe haven
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