British politician Ashdown pulls out of bid to be Afghanistan envoy
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Senior British politician Paddy Ashdown has withdrawn his candidacy for the role of United Nations representative in Afghanistan, he said in a statement Sunday.
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Labour backbencher Jon Cruddas  has turned down a government job offered to him by PM Gordon Brown.
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Islamabad, Aug 24 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancelled a speech today due to a security threat during his two-day visit to Pakistan, according to Pakistani officials.
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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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Britain's Prince Harry will not be allowed to fight on the front line in Afghanistan, a newspaper said, citing senior sources in the prince's regiment.
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Controversial Italian nominee Rocco Buttiglione has announced he is withdrawing his candidacy after it threatened to bring down the European Commission.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Monday 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.    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the first foreign leader to visit since Saturday's election, all but declared Karzai the winner before a single ballot was counted...
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President Hamid Karzai left for Britain where he is due to meet Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prime Minister Gordon Brown for talks on post-Taliban Afghanistan, the palace said.
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Several candidates in Afghanistan's  presidential election appear set to drop calls for a boycott of the result.
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A former US ambassador to the UN says President Bush's moves to clear Afghanistan's poppy fields have failed.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed a powerful warlord from his post as provincial governor in the latest move to solidify the central government's control of wayward provinces ahead of October's landmark polls.
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Criticism by Afghanistan could undermine domestic support for Britain's military and development efforts in the violence-scarred country, an influential body of MPs said Thursday.
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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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Deputy leader of the Commons Nigel Griffiths quits over plans to renew the UK's nuclear weapon system.
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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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Thailand's new interim prime minister said Thursday that the country's candidate to become the next secretary general of the United Nations is dropping his bid for the job.
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Tony Blair steps down as prime minister and MP to take up new job as special Middle East envoy.