Bush mourns last Afghan king as &#39;monumental figure&#39;
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US President George W. Bush mourned Afghanistan&#39;s last king Mohammed Zahir Shah, who died Monday aged 92, as a &quot;monumental figure&quot; in his country&#39;s history.
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President Bush and other top officials joined thousands gathered across the country Sunday in tearful tributes, prayers and quiet reflection on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. In New York, the president and first lady Laura Bush placed wreaths in two pools where the World Trade Center's twin towers once stood.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in yesterday as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, watched by an audience that included America&#39;s vice-president and defence secretary.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush vowed yesterday to make a sustained military and political effort to beat back resurgent Taliban forces as he turned his attention to Afghanistan and a conflict that has been overshadowed for the past couple of years by the larger war in Iraq.
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More than 20,000 Afghans gathered in  Kabul on Wednesday to remember Northern Alliance military  commander Ahmad Shah Masood, slain by al Qaeda operatives two  days before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
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Exactly three years after the American-led overthrow of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai was inaugurated as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president yesterday, to the evident satisfaction of the Bush administration.
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AMERICA remembered the victims of the September 11 atrocities yesterday in an emotional day of national mourning in which President George Bush renewed his vow to defeat global terrorism.
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A large funeral was held yesterday afternoon for Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, late president of the United Arab Emirates, who died on Tuesday evening at 86 year old of which he had spent 33 years as a president for the country.
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Afghanistan&#39;s former king honored Thursday UN workers held hostage for nearly a month after helping run the country&#39;s first free elections, while the United Nations urged a full investigation of the kidnapping.
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US President George W Bush led the tributes to Superman star Christopher Reeve, whose death was announced on Sunday. Reeve, 52, died in hospital after suffering a heart attack and was immediately remembered
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President George W. Bush called Hamid Karzai to demand more action against Afghanistan's world-leading drugs trade and reiterate continued US support, the Afghan president's office said.Comment
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President Bush jokes that he'll study the body language of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at the dinner table on Wednesday to see how far their relationship has frayed.
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Afghanistan's former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in the country's history, died on Monday aged 92.
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US President George W. Bush bade a fond summit farewell to Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday as the pair met for the final time at a meeting of the world&#39;s wealthest nations.
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President Bush met yesterday with Afghanistan President Harmid  Karzai and last Friday with Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Tonight, joined by Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he will bring both men into the old family dining room of the White House for a...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned U.S. troops for shooting dead 10 civilians at the weekend as officials said nine more -- five women, three children and an old man -- had been killed in an air strike.
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A ring of steel was placed around the Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn in as the country&#39;s first popularly elected President at a ceremony