(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 17, 2009) Two days before Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to name his new cabinet, a report accusing two high-ranking Afghan cabinet officials of corruption was deemed a "misunderstanding". In Copenhagen, the global climate change summit is drawi...
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(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 15, 2009) Bombers struck yesterday in Iraq, the Afghan capital of Kabul, and in Pakistan. President Hamid Karzai convened a conference on corruption in Afghanistan, and Al Jazeera English looks at the disappearing funds marked to build a highway outsi...
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Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Set in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, The Only Thing Worth Dying For chronicles the untold story of the team of Green Berets that conquered the Taliban and helped...
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(Al Jazeera English: November 2, 2009) After his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the runoff election, Hamid Karzai was named president of Afghanistan for five more years. In Pakistan, dozens have been killed in a bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi. Also, international tribunals wa...
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(NECN/APTV) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s nominees for a new cabinet government on Saturday has provoked dismay among many parliamentary members and drawn a cautiously positive response from the United Nations mission there. The pres...
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(Al Jazeera English: November 19, 2009) Hamid Karzai has been sworn in to serve his second term as president of Afghanistan. In Pakistan, another suicide bomber has attacked the city of Peshawar outside of a courthouse. Also, Argentina’s congress has passed a law requiring its citizens to underg...
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(Al Jazeera English: October 19, 2009) The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission has finished sifting through thousands of allegedly fraudulent ballots in Afghanistan, and reports indicate that Hamid Karzai will face a runoff with his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah. Also, Sri Lankan trade wi...
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This Al Jazeera English news update covers the aftermath of the military coup that deposed the Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, as well as the demands of Afghan president Hamid Karzai that the U.S. military hand over private security guards believed by the Afghan government to be responsible fo...
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(Al Jazeera English: September 16, 2009) Results from Afghanistan’s presidential elections are in question according to European Union observers, potentially leading to a runoff between incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his nearest rival, Abdullah Abdullah. Also covered: Palestinian female pr...
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This Al Jazeera English news update covers the elections in Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai believes he has won enough votes to avoid a runoff, but rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah claims he is in the lead. Also covered: the influence Taliban threats had on the election turnout, and v...
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(Al Jazeera English: October 21, 2009) A runoff election is now scheduled to take place November 7 in Afghanistan following widespread fraud, and both incumbent President Hamid Karzai and rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah have agreed to participate. Also, the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency ha...
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This Al Jazeera English news update looks at the disputed Afghan presidential election results, which currently have President Hamid Karzai leading with 54% of the vote. Also covered: Somali piracy and the Western companies that are profiting, and the legal battle between McDonalds and the Malay...
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