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Envoy to Kabul objects to boosting troops
Karl Eikenberry, at left with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, reportedly questions Afghanistan’s stability and the government of Hamid Karzai. Story | Obama rejects war options
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MIA dog found after months
Bomb-sniffing lab vanished during battle in Afghanistan. Story
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For Obama, defining China is a challenge
President's first visit to Beijing highlights tricky ties Full story
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Ghana illegal mine collapse kills 15
A police official says 15 people — 13 of them women — were killed when an illegal gold mine caved in on them in western Ghana.
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Mexican business groups call for U.N. troops
Business groups in a Mexican border city are calling for U.N. peacekeepers to quell the drug violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
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For Obama, defining China is a challenge
When President Obama arrives in Shanghai and Beijing next week, he will face a prickly question: How exactly does the United States define its relationship with China?
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Russia’s leader urges modernization
Russia needs to shed its dependence on exports of raw materials and to build a new high-tech economy to survive, President Dmitry Medvedev said in his annual state-of-the-nation.
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Palestinians urge cancellation of election
Palestinian election officials on Thursday recommended calling off January's presidential election, clearing the way for embattled President Mahmoud Abbas to back off his threats to step down and remain in office.
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NATO wants transition to Afghan authority
The secretary general of NATO said Thursday that alliance forces should begin handing responsibility to Afghan forces in a coordinated way next year.
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