Ex-Taleban media leader defects
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The Taleban's former media head arrives in the Afghan capital and is likely to join the Western-backed government.
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A German public television network on  Sunday sacked a popular talk show host and former news  presenter after she had praised the Nazi&#39;s family policies at a  news conference for her new book on child-rearing.
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He has lost his position on the key body of the ruling party Zanu-PF but retains his seat in cabinet. Mr Moyo is the architect of tough media laws which have seen the banning of foreign correspondents and the closure of the only private daily paper.
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Text of article in Dari entitled "The media and the government should work in unison to defend the national interests" by Afghan newspaper Arman-e Melli on 7 February  Since the establishment of the interim administration, there have been no measures to help the media.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett tells the BBC she hopes moderate members of the Taleban can be drawn away from extremists
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Belarus jailed on Friday for three  years an editor of an independent newspaper who reproduced  cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad which first appeared in  Denmark in 2005 and caused mass demonstrations across the  Muslim world.
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Afghanistan's attorney general says he has suspended former warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum from the government.
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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed a powerful warlord from his post as provincial governor Saturday in the latest move to solidify the central governmentâs control of wayward provinces ahead of Octoberâs landmark polls.
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Secondo il giornalista, i Taleban starebbero negoziando
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President Hamid Karzai moved Saturday to replace a powerful governor and militia leader who has long defied his authority and held virtually autonomous sway over one of the country&#39;s wealthiest regions.
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Belarus' authoritarian president dismissed his chief of staff Monday and replaced him with a longtime associate who was implicated by a European rights group in disappearances of opposition figures five years ago.
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The lead investigator probing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been replaced, Russian media say.
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Former defence minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim and Yunus Qanooni, who stepped down as education minister to run against Karzai for president, were pushed out.
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Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has fallen out with some of his lieutenants, who blame him for the rebels' failure to disrupt the landmark Afghan presidential election, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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The editor of the respected daily Izvestia was dismissed on Monday after shareholders complained about the newspaper's weekend coverage of the bloody end to the school siege in southern Russia.
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Afghan Taleban leader Mullah Omar sacks one of his top military commanders, Mansoor Dadullah.