Rocket attack stops presidential visit
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai aborted a trip to a provincial capital today after a rocket hit near the landing site for his helicopter.
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The first rocket barrage from Gaza in weeks came one day after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated his call to stop such rocket attacks.
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The move, part of sanctions against continued rocket fire, prompted a warning from the United States.
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Explosives have been found in two places in the Albanian capital of Tirana, one close to the US Embassy, days before the US president is due to visit, police say. via The West Australian
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KABUL, Afghanistan - A rocket slammed into the Afghan capital near the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions early Friday, a day before landmark elections...
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An explosion outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan killed at least two people Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, though the vice president was apparently not in danger, officials said.
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A rocket slammed into the ground near where Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s helicopter was approaching to land in an eastern city Thursday, forcing him to return to Kabul, officials said.
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Rockets rained on Afghan cities and military posts and a huge truck bomb was seized as the war-weary nation prepared for Saturday's historic presidential elections under the threat of further militant attacks.
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The Bush administration&#39;s ambitious national missile defense program suffered a major setback on Wednesday when a malfunction forced a shutdown of the first test
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Assailants fired a rocket at an American helicopter taking President Hamid Karzai on a rare foray into Afghanistan&#39;s troubled provinces Thursday, but it missed and he escaped injury.
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Gardez (Afghanistan), Sept. 16 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid today when a rocket was fired at his US military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez.
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A barrage of rockets battered this Israeli town less than a half mile from the Gaza fence, seriously wounding a woman just before the arrival Tuesday of Israeli President Shimon Peres.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted his first election campaign trip outside the  capital on Thursday after a rocket shot over his helicopter as  he was landing in southeastern Gardez and exploded nearby.
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A rocket landed near a school in southeast Afghanistan minutes before President Hamid Karzai was due to visit, forcing him to abandon his trip, presidential spokesman Jawad Ludin told AFP.
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WASHINGTON -- The early shutdown of the Delta 4 Heavyâs propulsion system during the Boeing-built rocketâs demonstration launch Tuesday prevented three satellites on board from reaching orbit.
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President Hamid Karzai abandoned a trip to a city in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after a rocket hit near the landing site as his helicopter approached, officials said.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.