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G8 leaders summit in L'Aquila

(L-R) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper , U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pose during the G8 leaders group photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy on July 8, 2009. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)


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KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's new term in office hasn't begun on a happy note as new pressures and problems, both from at home and abroad, pile on his already weakened government while his deadly nemesis, the Taliban, shows no signs of relenting on its bloodletting.
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LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Britain's prime minister called the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to apologize for mistakes he made in a letter to her, his office said.
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LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The former head of the British Defense Staff blasted the government's Afghanistan policy Friday in a debate in the House of Lords.
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LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said government cooperation needs to be reined in in Afghanistan or he will order U.K. troops out of the theater.
LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The deaths of five British troops prompted political, diplomatic and military officials to warn public support would fade without a clear Afghan strategy.
LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The death of five British soldiers in Afghanistan at the hands of a Taliban-linked policeman sparked a heated debate over London's involvement in the war.
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telegraph.co.uk at 10 Nov 2009 08:00 am
Gordon Brown has said that Britain will start handing over control of parts of Helmand province to Afghan control "over the next few months."
telegraph.co.uk at 10 Nov 2009 05:47 am
Mother telephoned about errorfilled letter of condolence confronts PM over the lack of equipment for troops.
telegraph.co.uk at 10 Nov 2009 05:47 am
Brown questioned about confrontation with the mother of a dead soldier who criticised him over the lack of equipment for troops during a phone call about the PM's condolence letter.
telegraph.co.uk at 9 Nov 2009 06:18 pm
Gordon Brown insisted the tide of history was moving towards our ''best hopes'' as he attended a ceremony to mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
telegraph.co.uk at 9 Nov 2009 02:44 pm
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