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"All efforts of the Afghan government to avoid civilian casualties have not yielded any positive results and our innocent countrymen are still killed in anti-terrorism operations."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai was condemning the killing of 76 civilians, mostly children, by a US airstrike in western Afghanistan.

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Lifestyle
  • Australia eyes business links with India through rugby
  • Doing business with India, the Australian football way
  • Beckham hopes Beijing gold rush will inspire kids to embrace sports
  • Myleene Klass took music lessons to hide away from sports
  • Town Has More Scarecrows Than People

    Arts
  • George Michael makes acting debut on TV
  • Biden takes vice presidential nod; Obama shows up on stage
  • Sandy Baruah takes over as US Small Business Administrator
  • Arts and culture pump $84.6 billion into Canada
  • Liverpool on to group stage in Champions League

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    e-mail this page BALTIMORE -- Coming off a 2-7 homestand, there's a good chance that the Orioles forward to their upcoming road trip that will take them to the top of the division and back in three...

    Orioles beat White Sox to end 5-game skid
    Chicago White Sox 11-3 on Wednesday night, snapping a five-game losing streak.Roberts gave Baltimore the lead for good with a two-run single in the second, then drove in a run with his AL-leading...

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    Walkersville 's commissioners will consider a proposal to allow a school to erect a new facility near the Walkersville Southern Railroad and Biggs Ford...

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    Obama voted in by delegates
    Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him...

    World War II body found hanging from tree in New Guinea
    New Guinean authorities, with the help of the Australian, US and Japanese governments, are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II...

    UK minister warns Ukraine it could be catalyst for new Cold War
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    U.S. stock markets close in positive territory
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    Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae has made changes to its executive ranks, after investors appeared less certain a government bailout of the company might be imminent....

    Durable goods statistics improve in US
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    Sports
  • India clinch One-Day series against Sri Lanka 3-1
  • ICC President pays tribute to Bradman
  • Gascoigne back in Priory
  • Gazza could be crippled for life, fears his daughter
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    Computers
  • Computer virus in space - NASA astronauts get hit
  • Dell unveils new PCs in bid to tap emerging markets
  • Laptops aboard ISS infected with virus
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    Space
  • Collision of galaxy clusters provides striking evidence for dark matter
  • NASA Mars Lander digs three times deeper than any other trench for soil sample
  • Astronomers catch massive galaxies in the act of merging 4 billion yrs ago
  • NASA rover on its way out of Martian crater
  • UCI Scientists Discover Minimum Mass For Galaxies