Defense Spending Raises Questions
18 September 2008
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EXCERPT: "As the Defense Ministry continues with a plan to purchase 110 more light-armored vehicles and signed the contract this month for 30 such vehicles, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bart?k faces a criminal complaint that he abused power in purchasing four light-armored vehicles without a public tender earlier this year. Ministry officials signed contracts to...
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Attacks On Aid Challenge Afghan Reconstruction
18 September 2008
'Attacks On Aid Challenge Afghan Reconstruction', Reuters, 18 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Food convoys hit by rocket propelled grenades along major highways. A U.N. polio vaccination team targeted by a suicide bomber. A spurt in kidnaps. Attacks on aid agencies in Afghanistan have spiraled this year, hampering reconstruction efforts just as the country faces both frustration from ordinary Afghans over slow development as well as one of...
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Afghan Chief Shot In NATO "Mistake"
18 September 2008
'Afghan Chief Shot In NATO "Mistake"', Al Jazeera, 18 September 2008
EXCERPT: "An Afghan district governor and two of his bodyguards have been killed by mistake in a Nato raid on a house in Uruzgan province, police say. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, expressed sorrow over the killing, which he called a "misunderstanding," and said the district chief, Rozi Khan, was his close associate. Khan was allegedly killed...
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Pakistan Says Not Informed Of US Missile Strike
18 September 2008
'Pakistan Says Not Informed Of Us Missile Strike', Reuters India, 18 September 2008
EXCERPT: "The United States did not inform Pakistan about a missile strike on militants hours after the top U.S. military officer said the United States would respect Pakistan's sovereignty, Pakistan's foreign minister said. The United States, frustrated by an intensifying Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, has stepped up attacks on militants in Pakistan...
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