September, 2008

• 9 September

  Afghan official says 50 Taliban killed or wounded

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Foreign forces in Afghanistan have killed or wounded 50 suspected Taliban militants in an air strike in the southern province of Uruzgan province, an Afghan police official said on Tuesday.

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• 9 September

  Blast in Afghan east kills 3 U.S. coalition troops

  KABUL (Reuters) – A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday killing three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition forces and a local contractor working with them, the U.S. military said.

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• 9 September

  Russia plans 7,600-strong force in Georgia enclaves

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military plans to station a total of 7,600 servicemen at bases in Georgia’s South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Tuesday.

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• 9 September

  Georgia and missile shield cloud Lavrov trip to Poland

  WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s relations with Poland have rarely been easy but Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Warsaw on Thursday amid particularly sharp disputes over missile defense and Moscow’s army offensive in Georgia.

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• 9 September

  Lebanese sign reconciliation deal in volatile city

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Rival Lebanese leaders signed on Monday a reconciliation deal aimed at ending four months of sporadic sectarian fighting in a volatile northern city that had raised fears of a rise of Islamist militancy.

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• 9 September

  Egypt school exam cheats jailed

  A court in the Egyptian town of Minya has jailed 14 people for their involvement in a plot to leak details of important high school exam papers.

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• 9 September

  EU willing to associate with Ukraine but little else

  Ukraine has been given a morale-boost at talks with senior European Union officials in Paris, but no pledge was offered for membership of the bloc.

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• 9 September

  US moves troops from Iraq to Afghanistan

  From a tour of duty in Iraq, to a tour of duty in Afghanistan… The US president has announced changes in American troop deployments in both countries.

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• 9 September

  New Pakistani leader vows to tackle militants

  The fight against terrorism and militant violence has come under the spotlight at the swearing-in of Pakistan’s new president.

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• 9 September

  Russian troops could stay in Georgia regions “for a long time”

  Moscow says its soldiers are likely to stay in South Ossetia and Abkhazia for a long time, a day after agreeing to a deal to pull troops out of Georgia proper. 

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