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"All efforts of the Afghan government to avoid civilian casualties have not yielded any positive results and our innocent countrymen are still killed in anti-terrorism operations."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai was condemning the killing of 76 civilians, mostly children, by a US airstrike in western Afghanistan.

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  • One of the most rapid rises in US political history
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  • Phew! Gas prices drop below $4
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    WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says the economy shifted to a higher gear in the spring, growing at its fastest pace in nearly a year. Foreign buyers snapped up U.S. exports and tax rebates spurred...

    Taxable Sales Fall In June
    (Carson City, NV) -- Nevada's fiscal year ended on a down note, as June's taxable sales fell by six-percent. The state Department of Taxation says that was the worst monthly performance since April...

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    No charges for Obama assassination plotters
    Three white supremacists with a sniper rifle and high on drugs who were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver will not face charges even though officials believe that they wanted to assassinate Barack Obama....

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    Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has insisted that he does not want to dazzle a TV audience estimated to be in the tens of millions with "a bunch of a high-flying rhetoric", but instead, intends to focus on the kitchen-table economic issues facing American...

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    Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, The Times has quoted refugees and officials, as saying....

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