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AfghanistanSun.com Thursday 21st August 2008 Issue 1582
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The U.S. swimmer was speaking after winning his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

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Central Asia
  • Sushil wrestles his way to a stunning bronze
  • Wrestler Sushil grabs Olympic bronze
  • Kazakh President to attend CICA meeting in Almaty
  • Azerbaijan repatriates Armenian man

    US Military
  • SecureNetView Clarifies Shareholders Confusion of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Paul J. Mulloy and Certain Other Concerns
  • Experian QAS to Host Webinar With U.S. Naval Institute on Business Benefits of Customer Data Quality Software
  • Magnalight.com Combines Explosion Proof Paint Spray Booth Fluorescent Lights With Explosion Proof Emergency Lights
  • Israel Contracted To Armor U.S. Army
  • Reserve Marines become U.S. citizens

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    Afghan, coalition forces kill over 20 Taliban
    Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed more than 20 militants, including foreign fighters, in two incidents in southeast Afghanistan, officials said...

    Sarkozy in Afghanistan after deadly attack on French soldiers
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Kabul Wednesday to visit his country's troops and meet his Afghan counterpart, a day after 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 were wounded in a Taliban...

    Air strikes kill nine rebels in Afghanistan
    Kabul, Aug 20 (Xinhua) Nine Taliban insurgents were killed Wednesday in air strikes by international forces in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, a provincial police spokesman...

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    World News
    More than 100 feared dead in Madrid plane crash
    Initial reports say at least 100 people were killed when their Spanair plane crashed on takeoff at Madrid's Barajas airport on...

    Sarkozy flies to Kabul after 10 French soldiers die
    France's President Nicolas Sarkozy visited French troops in Kabul Wednesday to pay respects to ten French soldiers who were killed in a fierce battle just 50 kilometers outside Kabul....

    Usain Bolt smashes 200 metres world record to win gold
    Usain Bolt of Jamaica has smashed the world record in the 200 metres final on Wednesday, to take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics....

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    Business News
    U.S. stocks fail to gain traction
    U.S. traders sat on the sidelines Wednesday with little interest in bidding up...

    Annual inflation in Zimbabwe passes 11 million percent
    The official inflation rate in the African nation Zimbabwe has now exceeded 11 million...

    Paulson says Americans should not fear Chinese economic clout
    U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says Americans should not fear China's growing economic clout, but rather see it as an opportunity that can benefit both China and the United States, if the two countries forge a successful strategic economic relationship in the years ahead....

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  • Sunni extremists freeze accord with Hezbollah
  • PML-N fears Zardari will renege on restoring sacked judges
  • New Kashmir curfew after clashes
  • Pakistan hospital bomb kills many
  • Warning over forced marriages

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