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  • U.S. softens approach to Karzai

    President Hamid Karzai speaks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Karzai's inauguration. Obama’s top diplomats and generals are abandoning for now their get-tough tactics with Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai and attempting to forge a far warmer relationship.


  • Suicide bomber kills 16 in Afghanistan

    A boy who was injured in a bomb blast lies in hospital in Farah province on Friday. A suicide bomber killed 16 people in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, officials said.


  • Prosecution rests in Amanda Knox trial

    Amanda Knox is escorted to court in Perugia, Italy, on Friday.In closing arguments, an Italian prosecutor says Amanda Knox had a growing hatred for her roommate and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game.


  • Pakistan: 8 die in reported U.S. strike
    A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents.
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