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Zardari and Karzai agree to forge new relationship (Dawn)
KABUL, Jan 6: Afghanistan and Pakistan have a “new relationship” and determination to defeat terrorism and extremism, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday after talks with President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Nevada Guard gets call (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
More than 630 Nevada National Guard soldiers will leave in the spring for Afghanistan in what will be the largest overseas deployment of a group of citizen-soldiers from the state since World War II, the unit's commander said Tuesday.
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After the Fighting in Gaza (Bangor Daily News)
With prospects for a cease-fire in Gaza growing after an Israeli bomb reportedly killed dozens at a school there, attention in Israel, the Palestinian territories and the world must turn to what comes next.
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Background Note: Zimbabwe (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 390,580 sq. km. (150,760 sq. mi.), slightly larger than Montana. Cities: Capital --Harare (pronounced Ha-RAR-e), pop. 1.5 million. Other towns --Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo, Marondera.
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Gates Estimates Another $69.7 Billion Needed in Fiscal 2009 for Wars (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has sent a $69.7 billion war cost "estimate" to congressional leaders and said that the outgoing administration will not formally request more war funding before President-elect Barack Obama takes office.
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Panetta faces 'fine line' as CIA chief (The Monterey County Herald)
Leon Panetta may be taking on "a 24/7 job" that will require him to work "on the edge of legal authority" to meet the needs of his president and the nation, said a man once nominated by President Clinton to be U.S. director of Central Intelligence.
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UPS Now Offers Express Service Inside 16 Additional Countries (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA----UPS today began offering domestic express pickup and delivery services inside 16 additional countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
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Thoughts on the past, thoughts on the future (The News)
In his 10th year as member of Parliament for Central Nova, Peter MacKay weathered his fair share of storms.
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Background Note: Malaysia (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 329,748 sq. km. (127,315 sq. mi.); slightly larger than New Mexico. Cities: Capital --Kuala Lumpur. Other cities --Penang, Ipoh, Malacca, Johor Baru, Shah Alam, Klang, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Kota Baru, Kuala Terengganu, Miri, Petaling Jaya.
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Fulbright Adds Two Corporate Transaction, Project Finance Lawyers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Two experienced corporate transaction and project finance lawyers who are highly-regarded for their work representing private equity funds and other investors in infrastructure projects in the energy and transportation industries have joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.’s global project and energy finance practice.
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