Nepali leaders hold emergency talks after Maoists’ walkout
Nepal’s prime minister called an emergency
meeting of top leaders of the ruling alliance Wednesday after former
communist rebels sparked a political crisis by walking out of the
coalition government, officials said.
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Karzai pleads with Canada: ‘Don’t pull out troops’
Afghan President Hamid Karzai pleaded with
Canada on Tuesday not to withdraw its 2,500 troops when their
mission ends in early 2009, saying to do so would only help deliver
his country back to the Taliban, the Globe and Mail newspaper
reported.
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US Govt trying to curb Blackwater damage
The red-faced US government pleaded for patience
from Baghdad as a private US security firm’s role in a deadly gun
battle tested US claims that war-torn Iraq is a sovereign nation.
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