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OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The Kyrgyz president visits the southern city of Osh where riots in early June left more than 300 people dead, a report says.
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Pakistan mourns as investigators seek clues to air crash
ISLAMABAD – Agence France-Presse
Pakistan observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraft's black box.
1 Comment 2010-07-29
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WikiLeaks founder defends release of files
LONDON – From wire dispatches
WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief defended the decision to release the files and claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the Web site was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.
Comment 2010-07-29
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US lawmakers beat back Afghan war challenge after leaks
WASHINGTON – Agence France-Presse
US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.
Comment 2010-07-28
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Afghan govt: Bus hits bomb, killing 25
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Associated Press
A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, killing 25 people aboard, as NATO announced another US death in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.
Comment 2010-07-28
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India kills 200 'witches' a year, study says
DEHRADUN - The India Times
An India-based nongovernmental organization conducted a study which indicates 200 women killed in India every year for being accused of witchcraft.
1 Comment 2010-07-27
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Leaks provide ground-level account of Afghan war
WASHINGTON – The Associated Press
Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures.
2 Comments 2010-07-26
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Taliban fighters offer swap for US Marines
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Associated Press
The Taliban offer to exchange the body of a US Navy member they say is killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official say
1 Comment 2010-07-25
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Taliban denounce Kabul meeting as sign of failure
KABUL - The Associated Press
The Taliban denounces this week's international conference on Afghanistan's future, saying the "vague and terrible agenda" shows that the US and its allies intend to abandon the country and blame their ultimate defeat on the Afghan government.
1 Comment 2010-07-22
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NGO banned for proselytizing children in Tajikistan
KHUJAND, Tajikistan - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
A nongovernmental organization that works with homeless children in Tajikistan has been banned after being accused of proselytizing.
Comment 2010-07-29
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Pakistan gov't mulls Afghan refugee problem
ISLAMABAD - The News International
Pakistan's Minister for States and Frontier Regions on Tuesday told the Senate that there are 1.7 million registered and more than one million unregistered Afghan refugees currently residing in Pakistan.
Comment 2010-07-28
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Leaks create fresh doubts about Afghan war
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press
The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war and cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its intelligence agency.
4 Comments 2010-07-27
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Tajikistan raises legal age for marriage
DUSHANBE - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon signed a law amending the country's Family Code, raising the legal age for women to marry from 17 to 18 years, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tajik Service reported.
Comment 2010-07-27
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Kyrgyzstan seeks $1.2 billion in aid from int'l donors
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The Associated Press
Kyrgyzstan's government appealed to an international donors conference Tuesday for $1.2 billion in aid to rebuild the country after months of political and ethnic violence.
Comment 2010-07-27
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Popularity of morning-after pills fuels concerns in India
NEW DELHI - Agence France-Presse
Heavy use of 'morning-after' pills is causing concern in India where the government has banned ads criticized for promoting them as a primary contraceptive rather than an emergency measure.
Comment 2010-07-27
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Taliban not real US enemy, says former hostage
NEW YORK - Agence France-Presse
After 45 days as a hostage of the Taliban, Jere Van Dyk draws a surprising conclusion: the diehard Islamist insurgency might not be the real enemy.
2 Comments 2010-07-23
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US blacklists Tajik cotton for child labor
DUSHANBE - Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty
Tajikistan says a prohibition by President Emomali Rahmon on the use of child labor to pick cotton remains in force, but Tajik cotton has still been blacklisted by the US.
Comment 2010-07-22
