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UzbekistanThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:50AMKey facts, figures and dates

Karzai: Target militants outside AfghanistanThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:44AMAfghan President Hamid Karzai pushed his international partners on Thursday to take stronger action against terrorist sanctuaries outside of Afghanistan.

Karzai: Target militants outside AfghanistanThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:45AMAfghan President Hamid Karzai pushed his international partners on Thursday to take stronger action against terrorist sanctuaries outside of Afghanistan. In a clear reference to havens in Pakistan, Karzai said: "The international community is here to fight terrorism, but there is danger elsewhere and they are not acting."

Canada worried about Afghan document leakMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:09PMCanadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Monday that the leak of thousands of secret United States military and intelligence reports about the war in Afghanistan could endanger the lives of Canadian soldiers based there.

S. Africa suspected of Taliban fundraising: memoMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:10PMThe United States asked Canada in 2007 to apply diplomatic pressure to Saudi Arabia and South Africa over alleged Taliban fundraising in the countries, according to a memo included among thousands of leaked U.S. military and intelligence documents.

The paper clip, 26 JulyMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:53AMThe German papers, Belgium's De Standaard and numerous other papers lead with the deaths of 19 people at the Love Parade techno-festival in the German city of Duisburg. The victims were crushed to death on Saturday in a tunnel that was the only exit to the festival grounds.

A massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea to show force and power to ...Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 10:42PM''Invincible Spirit,'' the military exercises are to run through Wednesday with about 8,000 U.S. and South Korean troops, 22 ships and submarines and more than 200 aircraft. The Nimitz-class USS George Washington, with several thousand sailors and many fighters jets aboard, was deployed from Japan.

U.S. Money Wasted On Afghanistan Projects, Federal Auditor SaysFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:57PMWhat's Your Reaction? Watchdog: U.S. wasting money on development projects Afghans can't maintain.

US slaps sanctions against Taliban, HaqqaniFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:18AMTogether with US sanctions, the new action prohibits any financial transaction of these terror leaders in member countries of the United Nations, which is likely to put pressure on Pakistan to initiate operation against the group