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With tens of thousands of reinforcements in
Afghanistan :
Troop deaths rising
The arrival in Afghanistan of tens of thousands
of reinforcements to fight the Taliban will lead to a higher death
rate among foreign troops, adding pressure on Western leaders to get
out altogether, officials say.
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US drone strike kills five in NW Pakistan
At least five people were killed Saturday when
missiles from an unmanned US aircraft hit a suspected militant
compound in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt, security officials
said.
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Pope's attacker can expect forgiveness - Vatican
A serene Pope Benedict XVI gave a Christmas Day
message of tolerance just hours after being bundled to the ground by
a woman who surged past guards to assault him.
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China unveils 'world's fastest train link'
China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the
fastest rail link in the world - a train connecting the modern
cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan at an average speed of 350 kilometres
(217 miles) an hour.
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