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| 1. | Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan |
| The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat op... |
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| 2. | Marines to stay longer in southern Afghanistan |
| Some 2,200 U.S. Marines battling insurgents in southern Afghanistan have had their tour of duty extended by 30 days, U.S. officials said on Thursday. |
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| 3. | Obama backtracks on Iraq comments |
| ... After heavy criticism from his Republican presidential opponent John McCain, Obama said he would visit Iraq and Afghanistan later this summer. It will be his second visit to Iraq. McCai... |
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| 4. | US extends Afghanistan stay for 2,200 Marines |
| The United States has extended the stay of 2,200 marines in Afghanistan for one month until November, making their tours eight months long instead of seven, a marines spokeswoman said Thurs... |
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| 5. | Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan |
| The Pentagon has extended tours for 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan. It had insisted for months the unit would come home on time. |
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| 6. | Children suffer more in Afghanistan than any other country: UN |
| Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ... |
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| 7. | Chris Patten: The World after Bush |
| ... affairs than about its global responsibilities. But global poverty, environmental catastrophe, proliferation, Afghanistan and the Middle East are not problems that can be put on hold wh... |
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| 8. | Bush: More Troops to Afghanistan |
| President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough month" in the nearly seven-year-old war |
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| 9. | Obama opens door to altering Iraq policy |
| ... that it is a strategic error for us to maintain a long-term occupation in Iraq at a time when conditions in Afghanistan are worsening, al-Qaida is continuing to establish bases in areas... |
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| 10. | Pentagon Extends Afghanistan Tours |
| The Defense Department has extended the combat tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan after saying they wouldn't. |
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| 11. | Obama Says Iraq Trip Could Refine His Policy |
| ... that it is a strategic error for us to maintain a long-term occupation in Iraq at a time when conditions in Afghanistan are worsening, al-Qaida is continuing to establish bases in areas... |
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| 12. | Afghanistan violence leaves 5 Afghan soldiers, 25 Taliban dead |
| A police chief says a roadside blast has killed five Afghan soldiers in central Afghanistan. |
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| 13. | Tour Extended For Marines In Afghanistan |
| The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. |
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| 14. | Pentagon Extends Tour Of Marines In Afghanistan |
| The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. |
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| 15. | Obama says withdrawal time line flexible |
| ... a long-term occupation in Iraq would be a "strategic error," Obama said because conditions are worsening in Afghanistan, al-Qaida has regrouped in Iraq and the $10 billion to $12 billio... |
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| 16. | Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan |
| Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough mont... |
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| 17. | Terror Attack Foiled |
| ... aporean terror suspect Abu Hazam, who allegedly met with bin Laden on several occasions and received training in Afghanistan, the police said. |
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| 18. | Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan |
| The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat op... |
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| 19. | SD soldier dies from explosion |
| ... Press - July 3, 2008 6:15 PM ET SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Sioux Falls soldier has died of wounds he suffered in Afghanistan. The governor's office said Army Specialist Estell Turner di... |
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| 20. | US marines to stay on in Afghanistan |
| SOME 2200 US marines battling insurgents in southern Afghanistan have had their tour of duty extended by 30 days, US officials said today. |
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