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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism

Reuters - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.

  • This handout picture by the Spanish Defence Ministry (SDM) shows the Spanish tuna trawler Alakrana on October 3, near the Somali coast. Thousands of people have demonstrated, calling for the release of the 36 crewmen of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates under the threat of death. Photo:/AFP
    Thousands demonstrate for release of Spanish crew AFP - 11 minutes ago

    BERMEO, Spain (AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday calling for the release of the 36 crewmen of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates under the threat of death.

  • Interactive graphic on US military base Fort Hood, Texas, where an army psychiatrist about to be sent to Iraq went on the rampage, gunning down 13 people and wounding 30. Photo:/AFP
    US mourns as Muslim doctor slays 13 at army base AFP - 24 minutes ago

    FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning on Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.

  • US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a daily press briefing in the White House. Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP
    Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote AFP - 53 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.

  • Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, seen here, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts. Photo:Joseph Barrak/AFP
    Lebanon's Hariri to announce new govt AFP - 56 minutes ago

    BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.

  • Flying on board a Panther helicopter dispatched from the French frigate, Le Floreal, (below) a crew member watches the sea, during a supervision mission in the Gulf of Aden. A Greek cargo ship hijacked this week is being taken toward the Somali coast, but its crew members are unharmed, the ship's operating company has said. Photo:Stephane de Sakutin/AFP
    Pirates take Greek ship toward Somali coast AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    ATHENS (AFP) - A Greek cargo ship hijacked this week was being taken toward the Somali coast, but its crew members were unharmed, the ship's operating company said on Saturday.


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