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Bad weather thwarts Pakistan leader's Afghan trip

Dec. 19, 2008
A meeting between the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan was canceled Friday when bad weather prevented Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from traveling to the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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