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62 insurgents killed in Afghan battle
Special to The TimesTaliban fighters made an unusual bid to capture a provincial capital, Afghan and Western officials said Sunday, a failed assault that nonetheless underscored their heightened boldness and ambition in recent months. Hundreds of Taliban militants took part...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Executive Branch, Defense, NATO, Terrorism
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Steve Israel in Afghanistan meeting with Karzai
juliann.vachon@newsday.comWASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) traveled to Afghanistan this weekend, where he met yesterday with President Hamid Karzai, Gen. David McKiernan and New York troops in what he called "sobering" insight into the Taliban's resurgence and...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Religious Conflicts, New York, Steve Israel, Huntington
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60 dead in bold Taliban attack
Tribune NewspapersKABUL, Afghanistan—Taliban fighters made an unusual bid to capture a provincial capital, Afghan and Western officials said Sunday, a failed assault that nonetheless underscored their heightened ambition in recent months. Hundreds of Taliban...Tags: Defense, NATO, Terrorism, Rebellions, Armed Forces
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Suicide car bombs kill at least 6, wound dozens in Mosul; separate bombing kills 7 in Baghdad
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) _ Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad. Two Iraqi soldiers were...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Suicide, Heads of State, Police, Church and State Relations
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'Poster disarmament': Lebanon, seeking peace, takes down posters that fueled tensions
Associated Press WriterBEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ In polarized Lebanon, flaunting a political leader's poster can be enough to spark a gunfight. So shopkeepers on Beirut's al-Maamoun Street are breathing a little easier now that "poster disarmament" has been declared. Most of...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Yasser Arafat, Religious Conflicts, Parliament, Political Development
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Arab homes torched in Israel
JERUSALEM - Two Arab-owned apartments were set ablaze in the Israeli town of Acre amid clashes between Jews and Arabs, police said yesterday. Rioting in Acre - one of only a few mixed Arab-Jewish towns in Israel - first erupted on Wednesday, during...Tags: Police, Riots, Yom Kippur, Ehud Olmert
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Democrats, Republicans Pitch To Jewish Voters
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman ended his week pitching John McCain to Jewish voters in Pennsylvania, where Jews had been cool to Barack Obama in the presidential primary. Before breaking for Yom Kippur, Lieberman also had worked both coasts of Florida, touting...Tags: Religious Conflicts, New York, Boca Raton, Quinnipiac University, National Government
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Afghan official: More than 100 militants killed in battles in southern Afghanistan,
Associated Press WriterKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) _ Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed some 60 insurgents, an Afghan official said Sunday. A second clash in the same region killed another 40 militants....Tags: Wars and Interventions, NATO, Terrorism, Rebellions, Death and Dying
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Pakistan intel officials say suspected US missile strike kills 5, but no foreign fighters
Associated Press WriterDERA ISMAIL KHAN (AP) _ The latest in a barrage of suspected U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan's northwest killed five people, but none were believed to be foreign al-Qaida fighters, officials said Sunday. Two unmanned drones were seen above the town of...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Defense, NATO, Terrorism, Weaponry
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Bernstein's eclectic, audacious approach
Baltimore Sun reporterWhen Leonard Bernstein undertook to create a work for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, it was inevitable that he would think big. Very big. The result was Mass, subtitled A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers....Tags: Religious Conflicts, New York, Los Angeles, National Government, Music Industry
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Joerg Haider, controversial Austrian politician, dies
VIENNA - Joerg Haider, who catapulted his party into a powerful force in Austrian politics with a mix of folksy aphorisms, in-your-face attacks on rivals and provocative praise of the Nazi era, died yesterday in a car accident. He was 58. His death on...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Religious Conflicts, National Government, Government, George Bush
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Pakistan: Do more to help repel militants
The Associated PressPakistan accused the U.S. and Afghanistan on Saturday of not doing enough to stop Islamist militants from crossing into its territory. The charge followed months of complaints by U.S. and Afghan leaders that Pakistan has been lax in its efforts to stop...Tags: Prosecution, NATO, Terrorism, Weaponry, Rebellions
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