document.write(''); //0 document.write("Taliban chief says victory close
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Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been \"a complete failure\".

"); //1 document.write("Vodafone to pay India $2.6bn tax
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An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom\'s Indian phone assets.

"); //2 document.write("Man in court over India Pune bomb
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A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago.

"); //3 document.write("Sri Lanka leader granted sweeping powers
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Sri Lankan MPs overwhelmingly approve proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek an unlimited number of terms, in a move critics say could lead ...

"); //4 document.write("Pakistan drone strike \'kills ten\'
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Ten people die in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan\'s tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.

"); //5 document.write("UK\'s Afghanistan envoy steps down
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The UK\'s most senior diplomat in Afghanistan has stepped down with immediate effect, the Foreign Office says.

"); //6 document.write("Kabul Bank investors\' cash frozen
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Afghanistan\'s central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors.

"); //7 document.write("Koran bonfire \'still going ahead\'
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A US pastor says he is not \"backing down\" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation.

"); //8 document.write("Car bomb targets Pakistan police
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At least 16 people are killed as a car bomb explodes near a police base in north-west Pakistan, in the second deadly attack on police in as many days.

"); //9 document.write("Total Afghanistan rethink urged
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One of Britain\'s most prestigious think tanks calls for fundamental change to Western policy in Afghanistan.

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