Ashdown pulls out of bid to be Afghanistan envoy
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Briton Paddy Ashdown, the international community's former envoy to Bosnia, withdrew his bid to be the United Nations' new representative in Afghanistan Sunday, citing insufficient support from Kabul.
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John C. Danforth, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Friday that he withdrew his name from contention for any senior post in President Bush&#39;s second term
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Britain's Paddy Ashdown says he has withdrawn his name from the list of possible UN envoys to Afghanistan.
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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, President Bush's choice to be homeland security secretary, has withdrawn his name from consideration, the White House announced late Friday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai's main challenger yesterday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.
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Afghanistan&#39;s election crisis seemed to be over yesterday when the main opposition challenger, Yunus Qanooni, withdrew his threat to boycott the result.
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US ambassador to Afghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad on Monday rejected the reported allegations of interfering in the ongoing presidential election process in the post-war nation.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard dismissed talk of Foreign Minister Alexander Downer taking over as head of the UN nuclear watchdog, amid reported US pressure for him to do so.
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Afghanistan makes it clear it does not want Paddy Ashdown as the new United Nations envoy to the country.
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President Hamid Karzai&#39;s main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote Monday, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.    Ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni, considered the likely runner-up to interim President Hamid Karzai, made the announcement at his Kabul home, a day after two other candidates also peeled away from the boycott...
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Bangladesh's main opposition called off a four-day transport blockade after the interim government bowed to pressure to replace an election chief accused of seeking to rig January polls.
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The senior officer heading the probe into bloody suicide bombings targeting former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto has withdrawn from the case following her objections, officials said.
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Campaigning for Sunday's Palestinian elections ends with one of the leading candidates barred from East Jerusalem.
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Powerful regional Afghan commander Ismail  Khan was effectively dismissed as governor of Herat city  Saturday and declined a promotion to the cabinet of President  Hamid Karzai.
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Senior British politician Paddy Ashdown has withdrawn his candidacy for the role of United Nations representative in Afghanistan, he said in a statement Sunday.
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The retiring U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, in a farewell assessment, said Thursday he did not know how long U.S. troops ought to remain in the South Asian country.