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In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
The Daily Telegraph Australia  AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. The Daily Telegraph understands plans... (photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO)
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
BBC News  US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. After meeting military chiefs... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan
Star Tribune FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the... (photo: US Navy file / Chad J. McNeeley)
An Afghan boy looks back as U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. Marjah, the city that never was
Asia Times By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
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 Democratic presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks at the "Take Back America" political conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (js1) Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan
Merinews SOME VOICES in the US Congress are crying hoarse that the President order the American forces to pull out of Afghanistan within 30 days. if that entails danger to US... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak)
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of the U.S. Forces Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan. U.S. general in Afghanistan has eyes on Kandahar next
The Columbus Dispatch KABUL - NATO-led troops are wrapping up the biggest military offensive of the Afghan war and laying the groundwork for the next push into the Taliban heartland of... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Sleeper high-speed bullet train in China 200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
The Daily Mail Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. The Asian power wants to build the 200mph... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000)
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York Tuesday, Sept. 23, Iranian President to Visit Afghanistan
The New York Times Filed at 3:17 a.m. ET TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanistan on Wednesday. Tuesday's announcement coincided with a visit to... (photo: AP / Seth Weni)
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010.
Reconciliation with Taliban not likely in near future, Gates says
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Leftist Turks shout slogans during a protest against the United States outside the U. S. embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 5, 2010, a day after a U.S. congressional committee approved a resolution branding the World War I-era killing of Armenians a genocide.
US officials try to limit damage caused by vote over genocide
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45th Munich Security Conference 2009: Botschafter Wolfgang Ischinger (le) and Botschafter Richard C. Holbrooke (ri), in Conversation.
Holbrooke seeks Central Asia help for Afghanistan
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In this April 8, 2009 file photo, U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke looks on during a news briefing in New Delhi, India, Holbrooke soaked up a lot of advice during three days of private meetings in Afghanistan and Pakistan this week, but the lament of a female Afghan lawmaker crystallized the problems facing the U.S. and its Afghan ally.
An AfPak star over Central Asia
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Barren dried up land - lack of monsoon - drought - India
SYRIA: Severe food shortages in parched eastern region
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England's head coach, Fabio Capello, during a Workshop at Sun City, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
Shawcross gets England call
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