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AfghanistanSun.com Saturday 22nd November 2008 Issue 1676
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"By function of this blockade, 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children have been forcibly deprived of their most basic human rights for months. This is in direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law. It must end now."
Navi Pillay
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was calling for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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Central Asia
  • Baby girl born on flight over Kazakhstan
  • Bilateral meeting between Azerbaijan and Iran to be held on legal status of Caspian Sea
  • Rector appointed to Azerbaijan Agricultural Academy
  • Restrictive religion law passes parliament in Kyrgyzstan

    US Military
  • Pentagon takes on global Internet virus
  • Mahdi Army warns of new insurgency in Iraq if US troops stay until 2011
  • US military searches abroad for source of cyber attack on Pentagon
  • US Defense Dept says no flash drives in Pentagon
  • Gen. Hoffman assumes leadership of AF Materiel Command

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    Breaking News
    Troop surge like to stabilise Afghanistan ahead of election says Gates
    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence Friday that more troops being sent to Afghanistan’s Regional Command South will be sufficient to shore up security for Afghanistan’s elections in late September next year....

    Robert Gates hints at five more brigades for Afghan
    US Defence Secretary Roberts Gates has hinted that five more combat brigades were likely to be sent to Afghanistan early next year to fight the resurgent...

    Touring entertainers to boost morale of US troops in Afghanistan
    Washington, Nov.22 : Over the next five months, the U.S. Army is preparing to reinforce troop morale in Afghanistan with "Entertainment from the Home Front," a string of touring entertainers and athletes that will include World Wrestling Entertainment Divas, National Football League cheerleaders and players, NASCAR drivers, and professional rodeo participants....

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    World News
    Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
    In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip...

    Thousands demonstrate against continuing U.S. presence in Iraq
    Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament....

    Syria discounts report by IAEA on nuclear reactor claims
    Syria's nuclear energy chief said on Friday a UN watchdog report on an alleged secret Syrian nuclear site bombed by Israel proved nothing and the investigation should be closed. ...

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    Business News
    Dow gains nearly 500 points as U.S. stocks roar
    U.S. stocks soared Friday, with gains accelerating in the final hour of...

    Timothy Geithner tipped to be new U.S. Treasury Secretary
    U.S. media report President-elect Barack Obama has decided to nominate Timothy Geithner, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his treasury secretary....

    Big global names buckling under pressure
    The global economic crisis is hitting different nations and industries around the world. ...

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    Our news extends from Kabul, the capital, to all parts of the country. We cover the reconstruction, the continuing military operations, the trials and tribulation of the interim government, and the pathway to elections.

    We don’t dodge the controversies either, the impact of the Afghan warlords that retain power throughout much of the country, the continuing presence of Taliban elements, the aftermath of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, eliminated in the military conflict of late 2001 and early 2002, and the resurgence of the opium growing and drug trade in Afghanistan.

    Whether it’s hard news or stories of general interest, the Afghanistan Sun has a mission to cover it all. The online newspaper also provides updates of what’s happening in the region, particularly in the surrounding Central Asian, and former Russian states, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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  • UN concerned over US cross border attacks inside Pakistan
  • Roadside bomb kills 2 civilians in Afghanistan
  • U.S. surge in Afghanistan to start January
  • Gates backs buildup in Afghanistan

    Muslim News
  • Israel to free 250 prisoners before Muslim holiday
  • Malaysia Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims
  • U.S. Muslim leaders condemn anti-Obama slurs
  • Suspected British terrorist allegedly killed in US atttack
  • Nonviolent resistance assaulted in southern Bethlehem

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    Space
  • Theory about Milky Way
  • Scientists produce first crude map of aurorae on Mars
  • Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair
  • Shuttle Endeavour Gives Space Station Mile-High Boost