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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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Technology
  • Computer virus in space - NASA astronauts get hit
  • Air Canada to provide in-flight internet service
  • Satyam BPO appoints new COO
  • The time for Internet TV may be round the corner finally
  • Ganesha idol making starts in Bangalore

    The Nation
  • Obama voted in by delegates
  • Obama makes history with Democratic nomination
  • 10 million take pain killers in US every week
  • US soldiers increasingly exposed to migraine
  • Obama - candidate of change offers continuity to India

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    6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- The Knoxville Community Development Corp. (KCDC) board voted Thursday to move forward with the acquisition of the remaining McClung Warehouses in downtown, calling...

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    Boomsday this year. It's called a "rail jam" and Knoxville is becoming a hub for the high-flying sport. "You'll start off in a pool and you'll basically go on a lot of ramps and...

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    Putin says Bush orchestrated Georgia crisis
    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the Georgian crisis to benefit one of the presidential candidates, a claim the White House calls 'patently...

    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....

    Two teenage boys hanged in Iran
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    Wall Street notches up solid gains
    Data showing the U.S. economy was bouncing back helped lift stocks on Wall Street...

    US growth at 3.3 percent in second quarter of 2008
    The US economy grew at 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008, the government said Thursday in revised figures that showed strong international trade had helped stave off a feared...

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  • Microsoft starts virtualization hype blitz
  • Dell Sees Tech Weakness Spreading as Profit Falls
  • Microsoft and Nikon ink deal around digital, perhaps wireless, cameras
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    Tennessee State News
  • Tennessee crop yields forecast to improve significantly
  • Majority pay little in bank fees according to national survey
  • Vanderbilt Professor Shot To Death At His Home
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