Afghan projects slow to reach villages
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BARA KALA, Afghanistan -- The rickety diesel drill digging a new well at the edge of a parched field represents the sum total of reconstruction so far in this village in eastern Afghanistan.
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ARAHUAY, Peru -- Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.
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Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.
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Villagers in eastern Afghanistan say 35 civilians have been killed in air attacks by international forces.
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Ballots are being counted in Afghanistan, after delays created by irregularities in Saturday's elections.
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Government pledges for disaster relief are often delayed or forgotten, say organizations.
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Bombed-out roads and traffic jams slowed the delivery of humanitarian relief to south Lebanon after Monday's cease-fire, and many aid workers were stuck on roads alongside the refugees they were trying to help.
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AHMAD KHAN VILLAGE, Afghanistan  - Standing on a parched plain flanked by rugged mountains near Kabul, you don't have to look far to see the dangers.
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Joint tsunami efforts have spurred calls to mend military ties limited by human rights concerns.
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U.S. commanders say they've learned from past mistakes and are trying to lay the foundation for stability as they clear insurgents from this battleground city. But it's a slow process at a time when Congress and the U.S. public are demanding speedy results.
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NATO allies are failing to tackle the drug trade that has funded the Taliban resurgence and the alliance still faces military shortfalls as the Afghan insurgency begins to ramp up springtime attacks, NATO's top commander said on Friday.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 27--There are many reasons why government projects take so long to complete. Money's often scarce. Leadership changes. Regulations are tough to meet.
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Hamid Karzai was cruising to victory in  Afghanistan's first direct presidential elections, but by  Wednesday the returns so far have underscored the ethnic fault  lines that have often divided the country.
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Land rights at stake as the rush to industrialise leaves tribal people and 'untouchables' far behind.
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DOBUNDI, Afghanistan -- Anguish creased the weathered face of the opium farmer as a US-trained eradication team swept through his farm fields in this southern Afghan village.
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The province's residents blame their region's relative serenity for their lack of aid money and large development projects.
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Basic supplies have not reached many parts of quake-ravaged Indonesia,  where the death toll is now 52,000.